I can no longer highlight a word and delete it using "Backspace"

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Guest

It is common for me to highlight a word or paragraph and hit the backspace
button to delete the word or parapgraph. Now when I do that, the cursonr
moves to the "home" position which is the beginning of the word or paragraph.
This must be an internal setting or a keyboard short cut that I advertently
changed. any ideas how to restore it, or is it a "key defect"?
 
C

Charles Kenyon

Tool > Options > Edit
Check "Typing replaces selection."
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide




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C

Charles Kenyon

Tool > Options > Edit
Check "Typing replaces selection."
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide




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and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.
 

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