Why is word not deleting a selected portion of text when I press .

G

Guest

When I select a section of text in word and press backspace or start typing,
it does not delete the selected portion of text as expected, but just inserts
the typed characters before the selected portion of text, which becomes
unselected. Is there a way to fix this, or am I expecting something that
isn't supposed to happen?
 
J

Jay Freedman

kaeld said:
When I select a section of text in word and press backspace or start
typing, it does not delete the selected portion of text as expected,
but just inserts the typed characters before the selected portion of
text, which becomes unselected. Is there a way to fix this, or am I
expecting something that isn't supposed to happen?
Click to expand...

In Tools > Options > Edit, make sure there's a check mark on "Typing
replaces selection".
 

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