aggressive highlight editing

[vagus]

Does anyone remember in the older versions of WORD, when you would highlight
text with your mouse and then begin typing, the new text would replace the
entire block of highlighted text? This function is gone in Office 2003.
Does anyone know how to turn this functionality on?

And I do not mean highlighting in terms of coloring the background of text;
I mean selection using the left-click and dragged mouse or a SHIFT-arrow
movement which bounds an area of text for editing.

Thanks,

Doug in NJ

Windows XP SP1
Office 2003

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Doug,

Assuming you have the 'Insert' key set to 'Insert
rather than 'OVR' (Overtype) [check the Word status
bar, then in Tools=>Options=>Edit of Word
turn on the [x] Typing replaces selection
choice.

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Does anyone remember in the older versions of WORD, when you would highlight
text with your mouse and then begin typing, the new text would replace the
entire block of highlighted text? This function is gone in Office 2003.
Does anyone know how to turn this functionality on?

And I do not mean highlighting in terms of coloring the background of text;
I mean selection using the left-click and dragged mouse or a SHIFT-arrow
movement which bounds an area of text for editing.

Thanks,

Doug in NJ>>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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Office 2003 Editions explained
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