can't delete text using backspace button after highlighting text

[Guest]

i am using microsoft word, and when i highlight a particular text, i hit the
backspace button and nothing happens.

the only way i can delete text is to go to the word and point the arrow to
the end of the word and delete it that way.

i have never had problems with this before, but i would like to be able to
highlight the entire word, and then just hit the backspace button to delete
it.

any suggestions or ideas would be much appreciated

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Tools > Options > Editing
Check "typing replaces selection"

Word counts the backspace key as typing, unlike the delete key.
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[Guest]

Go to Tools > Options; click the Edit tab and I think you'll find that there
isn't a tick in 'Typing replaces selection' (first option in the list).
Click on it (to put the tick back in), then click OK. That should cure it
for you.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

In Word, click on Tools | Options | Edit | check the "Typing
replaces selection" box | OK.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Tools | Options | Edit: Typing replaces selection. (Backspacing is
considered "typing.")

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

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