Delete key with a mind of its own

[Kokopop]

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Kokopop. While working on a long document in Word 2007, I selected a
paragraph and hit Delete. Nothing happened. After several failed attempts,
I tried another tack: I selected the paragraph, right clicked and hit Cut.
The text remained there unchanged, and a little box came up to say that “This
is deleted text,†as if that explained something. The only way I was able to
proceed was to copy the portions I wanted to retain and paste them into a new
document, then delete the entire first document. Can anyone tell me what is
going on?

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

It sounds like you might have track changes turned on. In the status bar,
look for "Track changes". If you don't see it, then right-click the status
bar and click Track Changes. It will now show you the status of track
changes... click Track Changes to toggle it on/off.

As it appears to have been turned on by accident, you'll likely need to
Accept Changes in the Reviewing ribbon tab.

 

[Kokopop]

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Kokopop Herb Tyson's answer was right on the money. I don't know how the
Track Changes got on, but I am delighted to learn about this. Thank you very
much.