After selecting a portion of text, I cannot delete it

[Deionara]

Hi,

I have a problem with deleting text in MS Word: basically, if I select
a phrase or portion of text (by highlighting it with my mouse) I am no
longer able to delete it by pressing the Del button. It only works if I
use right-click + Cut. It's quite annoying especially that I'm used to
Del.

While the Del function worked in the past, I don't know what I did
about it now and I can't fix it.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi,

I have a problem with deleting text in MS Word: basically, if I select
a phrase or portion of text (by highlighting it with my mouse) I am no
longer able to delete it by pressing the Del button. It only works if I
use right-click + Cut. It's quite annoying especially that I'm used to
Del.

While the Del function worked in the past, I don't know what I did
about it now and I can't fix it.

Thanks in advance!

Go to Tools > Options > General and uncheck both options that mention
WordPerfect.

 

[Deionara]

Thank you for taking the time to reply. Both boxes were already
unchecked, so this did not help for now, but I did notice in the lower
left side of the screen that when I press Del, I am asked for
confirmation (are you sure you want to delete? yes/no).

If I press Y, then the fragment is deleted. I want to remove that
confirmation, but F1 was unable to help me with that. I just want the
text to disappear when I press Del, without being asked for
confirmation.

 

[Terry Farrell]

In that case, make sure that the 'Typing Replaces Selection' option is still
checked under Tools, Options Edit tab.

 

[Deionara]

Cheers Terry, that worked!

In that case, make sure that the 'Typing Replaces Selection' option is
still
checked under Tools, Options Edit tab.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Deionara" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

Thank you for taking the time to reply. Both boxes were already
unchecked, so this did not help for now, but I did notice in the
lower
left side of the screen that when I press Del, I am asked for
confirmation (are you sure you want to delete? yes/no).

If I press Y, then the fragment is deleted. I want to remove that
confirmation, but F1 was unable to help me with that. I just want the
text to disappear when I press Del, without being asked for
confirmation.


Jay Freedman;2752576 Wrote:-
-

Hi,

I have a problem with deleting text in MS Word: basically, if I
select
a phrase or portion of text (by highlighting it with my mouse) I am
no
longer able to delete it by pressing the Del button. It only works if
I
use right-click + Cut. It's quite annoying especially that I'm used
to
Del.

While the Del function worked in the past, I don't know what I did
about it now and I can't fix it.

Thanks in advance!-

Go to Tools Options General and uncheck both options that mention
WordPerfect.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That's very bizarre, because the Y/N status bar message is normally
associated with the WP settings on the General tab, not the setting on the
Edit tab.