So, for no good reason, when I press ctrl+shift+backspace...nothing happens.
I used to be able to use it to select sections of text to delete--but no
more. I know I can still use the delete button, but apparently I used
backspace a lot . My hands keep doing it automatically. And what happens is:
nothing. The selected text just becomes deselected. Any ideas on what the
heck I did and how I can get it back? Thanks!

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

Kate wrote:

So, for no good reason, when I press ctrl+shift+backspace...nothing happens.
I used to be able to use it to select sections of text to delete--but no
more. I know I can still use the delete button, but apparently I used
backspace a lot . My hands keep doing it automatically. And what happens is:
nothing. The selected text just becomes deselected. Any ideas on what the
heck I did and how I can get it back? Thanks!

THANK YOU!! It worked. Thank GOD. Out of curiousity... do you know what may
have made that box unchecked? I didn't change it myself... Thanks again.

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

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

Kate wrote:

So, for no good reason, when I press ctrl+shift+backspace...nothing happens.
I used to be able to use it to select sections of text to delete--but no
more. I know I can still use the delete button, but apparently I used
backspace a lot . My hands keep doing it automatically. And what happens is:
nothing. The selected text just becomes deselected. Any ideas on what the
heck I did and how I can get it back? Thanks!

Probably a stray macro in a poorly written Add-In. When macros are recorded
that use dialog boxes, they record every setting in the dialog box, not just
the ones that the user changed. So if someone records a macro and has that
setting, it can get transferred to your system when the macro is run.
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"Kate" wrote in message
...
THANK YOU!! It worked. Thank GOD. Out of curiousity... do you know what
may
have made that box unchecked? I didn't change it myself... Thanks again.

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

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

Kate wrote:

So, for no good reason, when I press ctrl+shift+backspace...nothing
happens.
I used to be able to use it to select sections of text to delete--but
no
more. I know I can still use the delete button, but apparently I used
backspace a lot . My hands keep doing it automatically. And what
happens is:
nothing. The selected text just becomes deselected. Any ideas on what
the
heck I did and how I can get it back? Thanks!