If you are seeing delete confirmation in the status bar, then you definitely
still have one of the WordPerfect options checked (Tools | Options |
General). If you're not seeing the message but Delete just does nothing, do
you have Track Changes enabled?

If nothing else helps, open Tools | Customize and click Keyboard. Choose any
command and, in the "Press new shortcut key" box, press Delete on the
keyboard. If "Currently assigned to" doesn't show EditClear, then select All
Commands in the Categories list, scroll down to EditClear in the Commands
list, and enter Delete as the shortcut key.

As for the Delete button on the toolbar, I don't think there has ever been
on by default, though Cut is standard; to restore this, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...oreMenuCmd.htm. Note that in
Word 2002/2003, you can also click the arrow at the end of the Standard
toolbar, choose Add or Remove Buttons, then Standard, then Cut.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Daz" wrote in message
...
I did that but no change. I don't understand where the delete icon went.
It
always used to work until today!

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

Hi Daz,

In Tools=Options=General in Word turn off the 'WordPerfect' settings
to remove that confirmation message.

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"Daz" wrote in message
...
I checked that but no joy. I've now noticed that when I highlight the
paragraph & hit delete, a message comes up in the bottom left of my
screen
(immediately above the "Start" button) which reads "Delete Block? No
(Yes)"
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I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office system products MVP

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