I have set my editing options to select the whole word while selecting. Yet
the box gets unchecked randomly so that the entire word does not get
selected. I have to open the options menu, hit the edit tab and re-check the
box from time to time. Why? And how can I stop this from happening?

It is probably being unchecked by poor coding (probably a recorded macro),
possibly in an Add-In. You could put the following macros in your normal.dot
or some other global template to check it each time you open or create a
document.

Sub AutoOpen
Options.AutoWordSelection = True
End Sub

Sub AutoNew
Options.AutoWordSelection = True
End Sub

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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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I have set my editing options to select the whole word while selecting. Yet
the box gets unchecked randomly so that the entire word does not get
selected. I have to open the options menu, hit the edit tab and re-check
the
box from time to time. Why? And how can I stop this from happening?