[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ah, good call. Most likely correct.

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"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
...
For others... the problem appears to be that the documents contain tracked
changes. I haven't heard back from Cayce yet, but my guess is that the
tracked changes aren't being displayed, and this make deleting kind of
funky
in Word 97.

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"cayce" wrote in message
...
W97-SR2 and I will send you the file shortly.

thanks for going the extra mile here.

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

Not that it necessarily matters, but what version of Word are you
using?

If you'd care to send me a sample file that demonstrates the problem,
I'd
be
interested in delving further. If so, then send to herb (at sign)
herbtyson
dot com.

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"cayce" wrote in message
...
I have field shading set to always and there is no field in this case.
In Tools Options Edit active checked boxes I have are :

typing replaces selection
drag and drop text editing
when selecting, automatically select entire word
use smart cut & paste

I never see the "Delete Block? No (Yes) on the status bar. I do not
recall
ever seeeing this. Does it exist in W 97?

I also checked Compatibility tab under options. Initially it was set
to
Custom. I changed it to W97 and all boxes within are now unchecked.
My
problem remains.

I am stumped.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

To add to what Jay and Herb have said, there are two distinct
issues:

Backspace: This is governed by the "Typing replaces selection" check
box
Jay
mentioned, since Word considers backspacing "typing."

Delete: If pressing Delete does not delete the selected text, look
in
the
status bar; you'll probably see "Delete Block? No (Yes)." If so, go
to
the
General tab of Tools | Options and clear the check boxes for both
items
that
refer to WordPerfect.

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"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Sometimes, what you're trying to delete is something that contains
a
field
code. When you encounter something that's hard to delete, press
Alt+F9
to
toggle field codes to see if you're dealing with something other
than
straightforward text. In Word 2003, you often need to press the
Delete
or
Backspace key twice to delete a field.The first press selects the
field,
and
the second zaps it. This was done deliberately because people were
accidentally deleting fields without realizing they weren't normal
text.

It also helps if field code shading is enabled. This can alert you
to
the
fact that you're editing field results rather than regular text.
Tools -
Options - View, Field Shading.

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"cayce" wrote in message
...

Thanks for the idea Jay. It is checked . Any other places to
look?
"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Thu, 17 May 2007 05:22:01 -0700, cayce
wrote:

My coworkers and I have recently been encountering problems
with
some
W97
files where the delete key doesnt work. Sometimes, the
backspace
won't
get
rid of what you are trying to remove either. This morning, I
was
trying
to
delete an extra space between 2 words. Delete wouldn't work,
but
backspace
did.

I will now pay more close attention to exactly when this is
encountered.
As
I try to recall other instances have been trying to delete
words
or
characters within tables. My coworker had this occur and had
to
use
Ctrl
X to
remove a single letter in a table.

Since this is a new and growing phenomenon, I need help
knowing
where
to
look. I'd appreciate any ideas.

thanks


When that happens, look in Tools Options Edit -- the first
box,
"Typing replaces selection", should always be checked but might
have
been cleared somehow. Check it again.

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