Highlight text + backspace = delete in Word, not any more - why?

[Guest]

I used to be able to delete a high lighted text by using the back space key.
For a few months this function is no more available in WORD. Is this a bug in
my software or did Microsoft change the code?

If this is a bug, can Microsoft so that they can fix it? Interestingly
enough, this function works on the text box that I am typing in now...

Appreciate a feedback. Thanks

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[garfield-n-odie]

Operator error.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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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I used to be able to delete a high lighted text by using the back space key.
For a few months this function is no more available in WORD. Is this a bug in
my software or did Microsoft change the code?

If this is a bug, can Microsoft so that they can fix it? Interestingly
enough, this function works on the text box that I am typing in now...

Appreciate a feedback. Thanks

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http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...2cbec5&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement