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Typing replaces text.
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"DRL" wrote in message
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When I highlight text and press the back space key the cursor goes to the
start of the text and the text is no longer highlighted and does not
delete.
When I highlight text and try to replace it by pasting text over it, the
pasted text is added to rather than replacing the highlighted text.