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"Delete" key does not work
Suddenly, when working in Word, I am unable to delete highlighted words,
sentences, etc. by hitting the "delete" key. Note, "help" and "navigation" keys for Word Perfect are not checked. |
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Then I would do Word troubleshooting.
http://www.officearticles.com/word/s...osoft_word.htm ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "RT2" wrote in message ... Suddenly, when working in Word, I am unable to delete highlighted words, sentences, etc. by hitting the "delete" key. Note, "help" and "navigation" keys for Word Perfect are not checked. |
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Possibly the Delete key has been reassigned to another function?
In Word, click on Tools | Customize | Keyboard | Categories: Edit | Commands: EditClear. Does "Current keys:" say "Del"? If not, click in the "Press new shortcut key:" box and press the Delete key. If the Delete key is currently assigned to another function, it will tell you what that function is. If the Delete key is not currently assigned, then you can assign it here. Be sure to "Save changes in: Normal.dot", and say yes if you are prompted to save changes to the Normal.dot global template when you exit Word. RT2 wrote: Suddenly, when working in Word, I am unable to delete highlighted words, sentences, etc. by hitting the "delete" key. Note, "help" and "navigation" keys for Word Perfect are not checked. |
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My thanks to Anne Troy and garfield-n-odie for their help. Had I added that
the "delete" key worked a week or so earlier they would, no doubt, have advised the simple solution immediately...use Windows XP "restore". "RT2" wrote: Suddenly, when working in Word, I am unable to delete highlighted words, sentences, etc. by hitting the "delete" key. Note, "help" and "navigation" keys for Word Perfect are not checked. |
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Highly unlikely. You never know what you're restoring to!
******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "RT2" wrote in message ... My thanks to Anne Troy and garfield-n-odie for their help. Had I added that the "delete" key worked a week or so earlier they would, no doubt, have advised the simple solution immediately...use Windows XP "restore". "RT2" wrote: Suddenly, when working in Word, I am unable to delete highlighted words, sentences, etc. by hitting the "delete" key. Note, "help" and "navigation" keys for Word Perfect are not checked. |
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This was not my original post, but I am having the same problem in MSWord. I
followed your directions but instead of deleting, I have to respond to the question "delete block? No(Yes)" and have to either hit N or Y. Any further suggestions would be greatly appreciated. "garfield-n-odie" wrote: Possibly the Delete key has been reassigned to another function? In Word, click on Tools | Customize | Keyboard | Categories: Edit | Commands: EditClear. Does "Current keys:" say "Del"? If not, click in the "Press new shortcut key:" box and press the Delete key. If the Delete key is currently assigned to another function, it will tell you what that function is. If the Delete key is not currently assigned, then you can assign it here. Be sure to "Save changes in: Normal.dot", and say yes if you are prompted to save changes to the Normal.dot global template when you exit Word. RT2 wrote: Suddenly, when working in Word, I am unable to delete highlighted words, sentences, etc. by hitting the "delete" key. Note, "help" and "navigation" keys for Word Perfect are not checked. |
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In Word, click on Tools | Options | General | uncheck the two
boxes for WordPerfect help and navigation | OK. Faith MT wrote: This was not my original post, but I am having the same problem in MSWord. I followed your directions but instead of deleting, I have to respond to the question "delete block? No(Yes)" and have to either hit N or Y. Any further suggestions would be greatly appreciated. |
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