How do I get back the function that deletes text by highlighting?

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Guest

I no longer have the function where I can delete text in a Word document by
highlighting it and pressing "Enter." Instead, I have to backspace to delete
text, and it's very time-consuming. We've had bad weather here, and I think
the lightning did something to my computer. Please advise; thanks!
 
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Guest

In Word 2003, Tools\Options\Edit tab, check "typing replaces selection" . I
don't think you can blam lighting for this though.
 
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Guest

Harvey - thanks; it worked! I wonder how that happened? Oh, well, it's
fixed, so that's the main thing. Thanks again!!
Patti
 
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Graham Mayor

Word 2003 especially has a bad habit of randomly changing settings stored in
its registry data key. You could reset the data key to attempt a cure but
the problem tends to return. Better to set those wayward preferences in auto
running macros - see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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