I highlight text, and when I press the backspace key, the text doesn't
delete, instead it unhighlights and puts me at the start of my higlight. It
works when I hit the delete key though. It also works in other programs.

Thanks in advance

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"Hardrive" wrote in message
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I highlight text, and when I press the backspace key, the text doesn't
delete, instead it unhighlights and puts me at the start of my higlight.
It
works when I hit the delete key though. It also works in other programs.

Thanks in advance