Overstrike in Word 2003

[Orrie]

I need to fill out some government forms that were supplied as Word docs.
How can I overtype, so that entries appear on the lines and Xs appear in the
boxes where they are supposed to go? I don't know which Word version was
used to create the forms.

I have Overtype Mode checked in Options/Edit, and have tried switching
between the two Insert modes on the keyboard.

The articles I found at the Microsoft Knowledge Base deal with Word 97, but
the procedures don't seem to work in Word 2003.

Thanks as always for your help.

Orrie

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If these forms do not contain form fields, then they were not meant to be
filled out in Word but instead to be printed and filled out by hand or with
a typewriter. You can manage to do it in Word, but not without way more
trouble than it's worth.