Deleting sections

[Guest]

How do I delete a highlighted section by striking one key? I used to be able
to do this but can't now.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Are you referring to a section break? If you're using the Delete key and it
doesn't work, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/UnableToDeleteText.htm
for one possible answer.

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

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[Guest]

Thanks Suzanne, but my problem is, I used to highlight a section and then
just begin typing and it would delete--without striking delete or backspace.
But now it doesn't happen and I'm always inserting a new word-or more-before
I notice that the section wasn't deleted. It used to work with tab too, but
that doesn't work now either.
Thanks again.
jc

 

[Jay Freedman]

In Tools > Options > Edit, check the box for "Typing replaces selection".

You confused us because Word uses "section" to mean specifically the portion
of a document between two section breaks. When some arbitrary text is
highlighted, that's a "selection". Maybe Microsoft should have made up new
names instead of giving special meanings to ordinary words.