Backspace won't delete selected text in MS word. What the hell.

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I cannot delete selected text with backspace in word. Delete works, but not
backspace.

What idiotic "feature" did I accidently enable to make word function like
this, and how in the living christ do I fix it.
 
Tools | Options | Edit: "Typing replaces selection."

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Good lord, thank you.

Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Tools | Options | Edit: "Typing replaces selection."

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

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