When I double-click to select a word or a number in Word, the space that
follows is automatically selected as well. Is there any way to change the
double-click option to select only the text or the number please?
Thank you so much

This might work in Word 2007:
1. Click the Window icon and then click Word Options
2. Click Advanced
3. Un-check the "When selecting, automatically select entire word" option

Unfortunately, that *doesn't* work. If a word is followed by punctuation, it
won't be included, but a space will. That's evidently by design, and there's
no way around it (at least none that I know of) in any version.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Mashuganah" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> This might work in Word 2007:
> 1. Click the Window icon and then click Word Options
> 2. Click Advanced
> 3. Un-check the "When selecting, automatically select entire word" option

Though it does mean that when you've selected a whole word, you don't
have to type the space at the end of the replacement word (and
replacing one word with another is probably the most common kind of
replacement; they probably rightly assume that most replacements of
letters _within_ words is taken care of by spellcheck).

Word also puts/doesn't put spaces after/before punctuation when you
move words selected by double-clicking into places after/before
punctuation marks.

On Oct 16, 1:34*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Unfortunately, that *doesn't* work. If a word is followed by punctuation,it
> won't be included, but a space will. That's evidently by design, and there's
> no way around it (at least none that I know of) in any version.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
>
> "Mashuganah" <Mashuga...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:873B65F4-E7F7-4AEB-A234-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>
> > This might work in Word 2007:
> > 1. *Click the Window icon and then click Word Options
> > 2. *Click Advanced
> > 3. *Un-check the "When selecting, automatically select entire word" option-

For replacements, that certainly makes sense. The problem is that, when I
double-click on a word it's usually for formatting, which I *don't* want to
apply to the following space.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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Though it does mean that when you've selected a whole word, you don't
have to type the space at the end of the replacement word (and
replacing one word with another is probably the most common kind of
replacement; they probably rightly assume that most replacements of
letters _within_ words is taken care of by spellcheck).

Word also puts/doesn't put spaces after/before punctuation when you
move words selected by double-clicking into places after/before
punctuation marks.

On Oct 16, 1:34 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Unfortunately, that *doesn't* work. If a word is followed by punctuation,
> it
> won't be included, but a space will. That's evidently by design, and
> there's
> no way around it (at least none that I know of) in any version.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
>
> "Mashuganah" <Mashuga...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:873B65F4-E7F7-4AEB-A234-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>
> > This might work in Word 2007:
> > 1. Click the Window icon and then click Word Options
> > 2. Click Advanced
> > 3. Un-check the "When selecting, automatically select entire word"
> > option-

Word is perfectly capable of that kind of intelligent behaviour without
actually selecting the space. For example, select a word followed by
punctuation and just the word is selected; delete it and the preceding space
is deleted as well.

--
Enjoy,
Tony

www.WordArticles.com

"Peter T. Daniels" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:19625f7f-81e1-4e54-af6e-(E-Mail Removed)...
Though it does mean that when you've selected a whole word, you don't
have to type the space at the end of the replacement word (and
replacing one word with another is probably the most common kind of
replacement; they probably rightly assume that most replacements of
letters _within_ words is taken care of by spellcheck).

Word also puts/doesn't put spaces after/before punctuation when you
move words selected by double-clicking into places after/before
punctuation marks.

On Oct 16, 1:34 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Unfortunately, that *doesn't* work. If a word is followed by punctuation,
> it
> won't be included, but a space will. That's evidently by design, and
> there's
> no way around it (at least none that I know of) in any version.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
>
> "Mashuganah" <Mashuga...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:873B65F4-E7F7-4AEB-A234-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>
> > This might work in Word 2007:
> > 1. Click the Window icon and then click Word Options
> > 2. Click Advanced
> > 3. Un-check the "When selecting, automatically select entire word"
> > option-