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I used to be able to highlight a word and delete it by pressing e.
Please can anybody solve this problem? I am no longer able to highlight a
word or phrase in WORD and delete it by pressing enter. I can do it by highlighting and pressing deplete but its just not as easy as it used to be - how do I re-activate the original function - I think the problem has occured from having received documents from lots of people and WORD has just held on to this! Thank you |
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I used to be able to highlight a word and delete it by pressing e.
Check the box - Tools Options Edit Typing Replaces Selection
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Back space deletion function lost wrote: Please can anybody solve this problem? I am no longer able to highlight a word or phrase in WORD and delete it by pressing enter. I can do it by highlighting and pressing deplete but its just not as easy as it used to be - how do I re-activate the original function - I think the problem has occured from having received documents from lots of people and WORD has just held on to this! Thank you |
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I used to be able to highlight a word and delete it by pressing e.
Make sure that the "Typing replaces selected text" option is cleared in
Office button | Word Options, Advanced tab. If you are using Word 2003, you'll find the option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Back space deletion function lost" wrote in message ... Please can anybody solve this problem? I am no longer able to highlight a word or phrase in WORD and delete it by pressing enter. I can do it by highlighting and pressing deplete but its just not as easy as it used to be - how do I re-activate the original function - I think the problem has occured from having received documents from lots of people and WORD has just held on to this! Thank you |
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I used to be able to highlight a word and delete it by pressing e.
But, of course, you should *check* the option, not clear it.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... Make sure that the "Typing replaces selected text" option is cleared in Office button | Word Options, Advanced tab. If you are using Word 2003, you'll find the option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Back space deletion function lost" wrote in message ... Please can anybody solve this problem? I am no longer able to highlight a word or phrase in WORD and delete it by pressing enter. I can do it by highlighting and pressing deplete but its just not as easy as it used to be - how do I re-activate the original function - I think the problem has occured from having received documents from lots of people and WORD has just held on to this! Thank you |
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I used to be able to highlight a word and delete it by pressing e.
Checked! Not cleared?
Stefan Blom wrote: Make sure that the "Typing replaces selected text" option is cleared in Office button | Word Options, Advanced tab. If you are using Word 2003, you'll find the option on the Edit tab of Tools Options. "Back space deletion function lost" wrote in message ... Please can anybody solve this problem? I am no longer able to highlight a word or phrase in WORD and delete it by pressing enter. I can do it by highlighting and pressing deplete but its just not as easy as it used to be - how do I re-activate the original function - I think the problem has occured from having received documents from lots of people and WORD has just held on to this! Thank you |
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I used to be able to highlight a word and delete it by pressing e.
Indeed, either of those suggestions works better than mine... :-)
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Checked! Not cleared? Stefan Blom wrote: Make sure that the "Typing replaces selected text" option is cleared in Office button | Word Options, Advanced tab. If you are using Word 2003, you'll find the option on the Edit tab of Tools Options. "Back space deletion function lost" wrote in message ... Please can anybody solve this problem? I am no longer able to highlight a word or phrase in WORD and delete it by pressing enter. I can do it by highlighting and pressing deplete but its just not as easy as it used to be - how do I re-activate the original function - I think the problem has occured from having received documents from lots of people and WORD has just held on to this! Thank you |
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