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Highlighting Text Not Deleting with Backspace
Hi,
I have a problem using MS word; I wonder if you have encountered te following? When I highlight text and start typing the highlighted text doesn't get deleted (e.g. replaced by the first letter) as expected, infact what happens is that the new text enters before the highlighted text. The second problem, no doubt related, is that again if I highlight text and press the backspace the highlighted text is not deleted. This actually becomes quite annoying especially as my Outlook uses the word editor. I am using MS Word 2003 (11.8134.8132) SP2 Part of MS Office Pro 2003 Many Thanks, Oliver |
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Highlighting Text Not Deleting with Backspace
On the Edit tab of Tools | Options, check the box for "Typing replaces
selection." Word considers backspacing "typing." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "OS" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a problem using MS word; I wonder if you have encountered te following? When I highlight text and start typing the highlighted text doesn't get deleted (e.g. replaced by the first letter) as expected, infact what happens is that the new text enters before the highlighted text. The second problem, no doubt related, is that again if I highlight text and press the backspace the highlighted text is not deleted. This actually becomes quite annoying especially as my Outlook uses the word editor. I am using MS Word 2003 (11.8134.8132) SP2 Part of MS Office Pro 2003 Many Thanks, Oliver |
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Highlighting Text Not Deleting with Backspace
Ah, thank you Suzanne. I had the same problem with the backspace not
deleting highlighted text. Driving me nuts! You're solution fixed it. Thank you...! Trevor On Nov 21 2007, 5:02*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: On the Edit tab of Tools | Options, check the box for "Typing replaces selection." Word considers backspacing "typing." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "OS" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a problem using MS word; I wonder if you have encountered te following? When I highlight text and start typing the highlighted text doesn't get deleted (e.g. replaced by the first letter) as expected, infact what happens is that the new text enters before the highlighted text. The second problem, no doubt related, is that again if I highlight text and press the backspace the highlighted text is not deleted. This actually becomes quite annoying especially as my Outlook uses the word editor. I am using MS Word 2003 (11.8134.8132) SP2 Part of MS Office Pro 2003 Many Thanks, Oliver- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Highlighting Text Not Deleting with Backspace
Glad I could help.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA wrote in message ... Ah, thank you Suzanne. I had the same problem with the backspace not deleting highlighted text. Driving me nuts! You're solution fixed it. Thank you...! Trevor On Nov 21 2007, 5:02 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: On the Edit tab of Tools | Options, check the box for "Typing replaces selection." Word considers backspacing "typing." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "OS" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a problem using MS word; I wonder if you have encountered te following? When I highlight text and start typing the highlighted text doesn't get deleted (e.g. replaced by the first letter) as expected, infact what happens is that the new text enters before the highlighted text. The second problem, no doubt related, is that again if I highlight text and press the backspace the highlighted text is not deleted. This actually becomes quite annoying especially as my Outlook uses the word editor. I am using MS Word 2003 (11.8134.8132) SP2 Part of MS Office Pro 2003 Many Thanks, Oliver- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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