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When I select text in a word document and hit backspace. Nothing is deleted.
To delete something, I have to delete each letter one by one.

Is this a setting that can be changed?
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DGIL wrote:
When I select text in a word document and hit backspace. Nothing is
deleted. To delete something, I have to delete each letter one by
one.

Is this a setting that can be changed?


Tools Options Edit "Typing replaces selection" should be checked.

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