Absolutely spot on, Herb! Thank you so much! xx

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

You accidentally pressed F8, the Extend Selection key. Press Escape (or
double-click EXT on the status bar) to turn it off.

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"giraffegal" wrote in message
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I've pressed something that has set an automatic selection in place: when
I
try to edit my exisiting text, everything up to and including the bit I
want
to edit gets highlighted! Help me remove this please!