Randomly overwriting text

Some weeks ago my Trados 2021 (the latest service pack installed) started to act weird. When I try to insert a text in a segment, the program spontaneously and at random (so not all the time) starts to overwrite the existing text. The crazy thing is that the status bar keeps indicating INS and not OVR. Pressing the insert key on the keyboard is the only solution. I have replaced my keyboard and repaired Trados, but to no avail. This problem ONLY happens in Trados, not in any other application.


Before I reinstall Trados, which I really don't want to do because aside from this problem I don't have any other problems (which is remarkable considering how buggy the program is), I would like to know if any of you have encountered this problem before, and how to fix it without having to reinstall the whole thing.


Thanks.

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  • This problem ONLY happens in Trados, not in any other application.

    Could be related to keyboard shortcuts... these will be specific to Trados which is why you might have some clash here and not with another application.  I don't know what else you're running on your computer as the problem could be easier to solve in some other application, but based on you saying this:

    When I try to insert a text in a segment

    I'd start with shortcuts that have "Ins" in there perhaps?  You can easily copy/paste your keyboard shortcuts into a text editor from here:

    Screenshot of Trados Studio showing the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog with a list of commands and their corresponding shortcuts, highlighting the 'Auto-Insert Tags' and 'Copy Source to Target' commands.

    Then change or delete the shortcuts for now and see if it helps?  I only have these using "Ins" for example:

    Auto-Insert Tags                           Ctrl+Alt+Ins

    Copy All Source to Target            Alt+Shift+Ins

    Copy Source to Target                 Ctrl+Ins, Alt+Ins

    I think it may be something like this and is worth a try.

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  • Thanks.

    I checked the shortcuts, just in case, but I see nothing that stands out.

    In fact, this problem happens even without using my keyboard. I just move my mouse to the segment, click on the position where I want to insert text, and the moment I start typing, existing text is overwritten. It's bizarre because in the task bar I see 'INS' even though I am overwriting text. It makes no sense at all.

  • ok... so you are just typing it in.  In this case perhaps it's worth making sure all your drivers are up to date.  Trados Studio may be using something that is conflicting with your drivers in some way.  Make sure that you are completely up to date, not just the service pack but also the cumulative updates:

    Trados Studio 2021 - 16.1.5.4270
    MultiTerm 2021 - 16.1.1.541

    If you are, make sure your keyboard drivers are also up to date, and if you still have this problem after that I'll log a case so a support engineer takes a look at your computer. The solution here will not be anything we can address in Trados Studio.  It's going to be something associated with your computer and the software you're running so will take some time for a support engineer to investigate this with you.

    Paul Filkin | RWS Group

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  • I have SDL Trados Studio 2021 SR1 - 16.1.5.4270, I even changed keyboards, Trados is the only program that is giving me these problems. I will try to analyse the problem myself for the time being to see if I can reproduce the error because I don't like people taking over my computer. What I did see, however, is that each time it's getting into this unwanted insert mode, I notice a little delay. As if it wants to do something, but never follows through.

    Thank you for your time.

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