How do I paste over selected text?

[Guest]

In earlier versions of Word, I could copy some text, highlight some other
text and hit CTRL-V and the copied text would replace the highlighted text.

With word 2003, nothing happens when I hit CTRL-V with other text selected.
It just sits there. I have to hit DELETE and then CTRL-V to get it to work,
but after hitting DELETE, my cursor is usually in a table or somewhere else I
don't want it.

Help!

 

[Anne Troy]

Perhaps this will help, Erica:
http://www.officearticles.com/word/typing_over_text_in_microsoft_word.htm
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~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com

 

[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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