Character Insertion Control Characters CTRL-C inserts a blank at the cursor position. CTRL-X inserts blanks to the next tab stop at the cursor position. CTRL-A toggles Insert Mode. When Insert Mode is in effect, any printing character typed is inserted into the line, with characters at and to the right of the cursor moving over to make room. When Insert Mode is not in effect, any printing character typed will replace (overlay) the character at the cursor. To return to the directory of control characters, type "hcc".