Normally when I make a mistake I highlight it and start typing. This replaces
the highlighted material with what I was typing. Now it just inserts what I
was typing without replacing it all. On top of this backspace only deletes
one character. The only way to remove all of the highlighted material is to
hit delete.


I checked the insert key and this is not the problem. Does anyone have a
suggestion?

Tools | Options | Edit: Typing replaces selection.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"JFree" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Normally when I make a mistake I highlight it and start typing. This
> replaces
> the highlighted material with what I was typing. Now it just inserts what
> I
> was typing without replacing it all. On top of this backspace only deletes
> one character. The only way to remove all of the highlighted material is
> to
> hit delete.
>
>
> I checked the insert key and this is not the problem. Does anyone have a
> suggestion?
>

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 15:37:00 -0800, JFree <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Normally when I make a mistake I highlight it and start typing. This replaces
>the highlighted material with what I was typing. Now it just inserts what I
>was typing without replacing it all. On top of this backspace only deletes
>one character. The only way to remove all of the highlighted material is to
>hit delete.
>
>
>I checked the insert key and this is not the problem. Does anyone have a
>suggestion?

In Tools > Options > Edit, check the box for "Typing replaces selection". (In
Word 2007, the box is in Office Button > Word Options > Advanced > Editing
options.)

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