I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not
concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were
then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the
defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting.
I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user
preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The
gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template
that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior.
Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not
edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro
is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates
change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled
everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every
add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the
culprit.
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"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry
key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a
macro solution to fix it.
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Mrs Tabs wrote:
Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer
has
solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme
suddenly change like this of its own accord?
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
Check tools options edit typing replaces selection.
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greenie wrote:
I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would
replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a
letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text.
Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and
the
block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press
"backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked
text.
WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!!
Blocked text + delete works just fine though.