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.