Since getting Microsoft Office 2003 with my Dell computer I have been unable
to highlight text and then hit the delete button to remove the highlighted
area. What button do I need to click in settings to make it work?

Right now I have to hit "Control X" to delete the highlighted text.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...DeleteText.htm

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"Brenda Kern" Brenda wrote in message
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Since getting Microsoft Office 2003 with my Dell computer I have been
unable
to highlight text and then hit the delete button to remove the highlighted
area. What button do I need to click in settings to make it work?

Right now I have to hit "Control X" to delete the highlighted text.

I was having the same problem and I tried your method it works fine but that
still doent not answer the question of why can I not just hit the delete
button

"Brenda Kern" wrote:

Since getting Microsoft Office 2003 with my Dell computer I have been unable
to highlight text and then hit the delete button to remove the highlighted
area. What button do I need to click in settings to make it work?

Right now I have to hit "Control X" to delete the highlighted text.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...DeleteText.htm

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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.

"Computer Nightmares" Computer wrote
in message ...
I was having the same problem and I tried your method it works fine but
that
still doent not answer the question of why can I not just hit the delete
button

"Brenda Kern" wrote:

Since getting Microsoft Office 2003 with my Dell computer I have been
unable
to highlight text and then hit the delete button to remove the
highlighted
area. What button do I need to click in settings to make it work?

Right now I have to hit "Control X" to delete the highlighted text.

[Parmenides320]

Found this response in another post:

In Word, click on Tools | Options | Edit tab | check the "Typing
replaces selection" box | OK.


"Brenda Kern" wrote:

Since getting Microsoft Office 2003 with my Dell computer I have been unable
to highlight text and then hit the delete button to remove the highlighted
area. What button do I need to click in settings to make it work?

Right now I have to hit "Control X" to delete the highlighted text.

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

That is not correct.

In ToolsOptionsGeneral, uncheck the boxes for "Help for WordPerfect users"
and "Navigation keys for WordPerfect users"

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Parmenides320" wrote in message
...
Found this response in another post:

In Word, click on Tools | Options | Edit tab | check the "Typing
replaces selection" box | OK.


"Brenda Kern" wrote:

Since getting Microsoft Office 2003 with my Dell computer I have been
unable
to highlight text and then hit the delete button to remove the
highlighted
area. What button do I need to click in settings to make it work?

Right now I have to hit "Control X" to delete the highlighted text.