[jumping242000]

In Word, I used to be able to highlight a specific amount of text and hit the
backspace button to get rid of it, but now if I want to get rid of it, I have
to hit Delete. How do I get the backspace option back?j

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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"jumping242000" wrote in message
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In Word, I used to be able to highlight a specific amount of text and hit
the
backspace button to get rid of it, but now if I want to get rid of it, I
have
to hit Delete. How do I get the backspace option back?j