After selecting a portion of text, I cannot delete it

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Deionara

Hi,

I have a problem with deleting text in MS Word: basically, if I select
a phrase or portion of text (by highlighting it with my mouse) I am no
longer able to delete it by pressing the Del button. It only works if I
use right-click + Cut. It's quite annoying especially that I'm used to
Del.

While the Del function worked in the past, I don't know what I did
about it now and I can't fix it.

Thanks in advance!
 
Hi,

I have a problem with deleting text in MS Word: basically, if I select
a phrase or portion of text (by highlighting it with my mouse) I am no
longer able to delete it by pressing the Del button. It only works if I
use right-click + Cut. It's quite annoying especially that I'm used to
Del.

While the Del function worked in the past, I don't know what I did
about it now and I can't fix it.

Thanks in advance!
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Go to Tools > Options > General and uncheck both options that mention
WordPerfect.
 
Thank you for taking the time to reply. Both boxes were already
unchecked, so this did not help for now, but I did notice in the lower
left side of the screen that when I press Del, I am asked for
confirmation (are you sure you want to delete? yes/no).

If I press Y, then the fragment is deleted. I want to remove that
confirmation, but F1 was unable to help me with that. I just want the
text to disappear when I press Del, without being asked for
confirmation.
 
In that case, make sure that the 'Typing Replaces Selection' option is still
checked under Tools, Options Edit tab.
 
Cheers Terry, that worked!
In that case, make sure that the 'Typing Replaces Selection' option is
still
checked under Tools, Options Edit tab.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Deionara" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

Thank you for taking the time to reply. Both boxes were already
unchecked, so this did not help for now, but I did notice in the
lower
left side of the screen that when I press Del, I am asked for
confirmation (are you sure you want to delete? yes/no).

If I press Y, then the fragment is deleted. I want to remove that
confirmation, but F1 was unable to help me with that. I just want the
text to disappear when I press Del, without being asked for
confirmation.


Jay Freedman;2752576 Wrote:-
-

Hi,

I have a problem with deleting text in MS Word: basically, if I
select
a phrase or portion of text (by highlighting it with my mouse) I am
no
longer able to delete it by pressing the Del button. It only works if
I
use right-click + Cut. It's quite annoying especially that I'm used
to
Del.

While the Del function worked in the past, I don't know what I did
about it now and I can't fix it.

Thanks in advance!-

Go to Tools Options General and uncheck both options that mention
WordPerfect.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.-
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That's very bizarre, because the Y/N status bar message is normally
associated with the WP settings on the General tab, not the setting on the
Edit tab.
 
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