That did it! Thanks so much for your quick response!

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Tools Options General
uncheck both options that have WordPerfect in them.

Tools Options Edit
check "Typing Replaces Selection"
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Bejewell" wrote in message
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My boss is having trouble with Word - for some reason, he is no longer
able
to delete text by selecting the text and then pressing the Delete key or
the
Backspace key on his keyboard. I've been all over his Tools/Options/Edit
menu, but can't find anything that would have disabled these keyboard
features.

Any suggestions? A free lunch is riding on this...