On the Tools menu, click Options. Click the Edit tab. Check the box
next to "Typing replacing selection" and then click OK.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"phorte" wrote in message
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im having trouble in word, when i highlight a word or a sentence,
then press
backspace nothing happens. it works when i press delete just not
backspace.
also if i highlight something and then just got to type over it,
nothing
happens, the original bit that was highlighted becomes unhighlighted
and
nothing happens