deleting w/ backspace

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When I highlight text and hit backspace, the selection no
longer deletes, instead the cursor just moves to the
leftmost highlighted character and stops. Is there a way
I can get back to the old way of highlighting a word and
hitting backspace deletes the selection? Thanks.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACT]

This is not a visual basic question. However, from the Tools menu, select
Options and then go to the Edit tab and place a check mark in the "Typing
replaces selection" item under the "Editing options" section of the dialog.

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Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP