[Crys]

I seem to have lost the ability to highlight (select) sections of text by
dragging over the words and then hiting delete (backspace) key and actually
have the words go away. All that happens now is the highlighting is removed
and the cursor moved to the start of the section that was highlighted.


I would really appreciate the help this is driving me batty.

[Tony Jollans]

From the Menu, select Tools Options Edit tab
Check "Typing replaces selection".

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Enjoy,
Tony


"Crys" wrote in message
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I seem to have lost the ability to highlight (select) sections of text by
dragging over the words and then hiting delete (backspace) key and
actually
have the words go away. All that happens now is the highlighting is
removed
and the cursor moved to the start of the section that was highlighted.


I would really appreciate the help this is driving me batty.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Although Tony's answer will solve your problem, please note that the Delete
and Backspace keys are different; inability to use Delete to delete selected
text has an entirely different solution.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Crys" wrote in message
...
I seem to have lost the ability to highlight (select) sections of text by
dragging over the words and then hiting delete (backspace) key and
actually
have the words go away. All that happens now is the highlighting is
removed
and the cursor moved to the start of the section that was highlighted.


I would really appreciate the help this is driving me batty.