Word not overwriting highlighted text

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Guest

Out of the blue word has stopped letting me highlight text and do either of
the following:
- press backspace to delete the selected text (it just becomes unhighlighted
again)
- paste something over the text.

For example: I want to replace a paragraph with another paragraph. i copy
the desired paragraph then highlight the unwanted paragraph and select paste
and instead of replacing it, it just pastes the desired text infront of the
unwanted text!

Very frustrating!! It was working earlier today!

thanks

leis
 
In Word, click on Tools | Options | Edit tab | check the "Typing
replaces selection" box | OK.
 
Thank you!

2 years later, and I was having the same exact problem. It was driving me crazy. Thank you so much!
 
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