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Default Can't delete selected text when I press backspace.

My backspace does not delete selected text. It simply moves the cursor to
the start of the highlighted area.

I saw this question posted here before, but an error on the page wouldn't
let me read the answer, help! It's driving me nuts!
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Default Can't delete selected text when I press backspace.

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

Twiggy wrote:

My backspace does not delete selected text. It simply moves the cursor to
the start of the highlighted area.

I saw this question posted here before, but an error on the page wouldn't
let me read the answer, help! It's driving me nuts!


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