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replacing blocked text
I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the
entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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Check tools options edit typing replaces selection.
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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Mr. Mayor:
Oh!!! Thank you so much, such a simple solution to a massive headache!! --grateful "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved
the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key
that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not
concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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Well, I'd love to know which add-in is monkeying with my ruler display. I
want it ON, always, in every document, all the time, but I can have it on in one session and it's off in the next, on in the current document and off in the next one I open (in a given session), no matter how many times I save and close documents (and Word) with the ruler displayed. My add-ins a DataPrompter.dot TaskPaneController.dot PDFMaker.dot Also, another slight mystery: ever since I added a Ruler button to my Standard toolbar (to facilitate turning the blamed thing on), the Acrobat toolbar, which I had to the right of it, is not displayed at startup even though there's still room for it (barely). Even when I turn it on in a given session and have it displayed when I quit Word, it isn't there the next time. Not a real issue, since I can easily display it when I need it (which is fairly infrequently)--just one more mystery (and really surprising given the usual persistence of that particular toolbar). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I know we've been down this road before, Graham, but I still do not concur with a minor bug that randomly changes the Registry. If it were then the Registry key would be rebuilt which would reset it to the defaults and "Typing replaces selection" is not a default setting. I've investigated similar situations, "unexplained changes to user preferences", and each and every time we've found the cause. The gremlin has always been a third-party add-in or a document/template that contains a macro that is responsible for this type of behavior. Someone recorded a macro to make a change to Tools/Options and not edit their macro to remove the options that do not apply and the macro is in an add-in or template. Even some of the Microsoft templates change user preferences so it's not uncommon. I'll bet if we polled everyone who has encounter this situation and had them list every add-in they have installed or template they used we'd find the culprit. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has a minor bug that causes random changes to the registry key that holds the settings. If it becomes a problem you will need a macro solution to fix it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mrs Tabs wrote: Thank you Graham - the same thing happened to me and your answer has solved the problem. But does anyone know why does the programme suddenly change like this of its own accord? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Check tools options edit typing replaces selection. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org greenie wrote: I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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On the Tools menu, click Options. Click the Edit tab. Make sure
"Typing replaces selection" is checked, and click OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "greenie" wrote in message ... I used to be able to block text and type a letter which would replace the entire text. Now, when I block the text and type a letter, the letter is just added at the end of the blocked text. Also, I used to be able to block text and press "backspace" and the block text would be erased. Now when I block text and press "backspace," the cursor just goes to the beginning of the blocked text. WHY IS IT DOING THIS!?!!! Blocked text + delete works just fine though. |
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