[Diana]

If I want to delete something, I usually click on it to select (highlight)
it, then hit the backspace button, or better yet just type what I want to
replace it with. For some reason, the only thing that will work is the
actual "delete" button on the top right. the "backspace" button just
de-selects the highlighted text, and typing in replacement text only adds
additional text to the side of it. This is only a problem in word, not in
any other of my programs. Please help.

tks.

[Jay Freedman]

Tools Options Edit check "Typing replaces selection"

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:41:02 -0800, diana
wrote:

If I want to delete something, I usually click on it to select (highlight)
it, then hit the backspace button, or better yet just type what I want to
replace it with. For some reason, the only thing that will work is the
actual "delete" button on the top right. the "backspace" button just
de-selects the highlighted text, and typing in replacement text only adds
additional text to the side of it. This is only a problem in word, not in
any other of my programs. Please help.

tks.