Delete selection in word

[Guest]

This may be a simple one but for the life of me I cannot see what I have
done. When selecting text to delete I normally hit the backspace key (by
habit instead of the delete key) to delete but this is not happening.
suggestions?

 

[Jay Freedman]

This may be a simple one but for the life of me I cannot see what I have
done. When selecting text to delete I normally hit the backspace key (by
habit instead of the delete key) to delete but this is not happening.
suggestions?

Tools > Options > Edit > check the option "Typing replaces selection".