Between them, Jay and g-n-o have provided the correct answers; you need both
(see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...DeleteText.htm).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

wrote in message
ups.com...
When I double click and select a word, then press the backspace key, it
does not delete the word (or phrase, etc. that has been highlighted).
Some thing with the space bar. Delete still works, but I'd like to get
the backspace/space bar to work again. Any help you can offer would be
great.

Please email directly, in addition to the list:
.

Thanks,
Michele