Forward delete key malfunctioning

[Arinne Dickson]

I recently had to reinstall Office (2003), and ever since my forward delete
key has not worked properly in Word. (It works fine in other software.) It
does not like to delete spaces after punctuation, but it will delete any
other character. Ironically, in other cases, if I delete a single-letter word
such as "a" the space after "a" will be deleted along with the letter. There
are some other nitpicky instances too, but I'm hoping a solution to these
couple of problems will solve the whole lot.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Arinne (Erin) Dickson

 

[Arinne Dickson]

Does nobody have any suggestions about this? -- Arinne

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Deletion problems often occur for several reasons. Three common reasons are:

1. Editing settings (check Tools - Options - Edit, and look at the Smart Cut
and Paste Settings; some settings automatically adjust spacing when you cut,
delete, or paste text)

2. Document contains tracked changes that aren't being displayed (in the
Reviewing toolbar, set the view to Final Showing Markup or Original Showing
Markup)

3. Document contains field codes that are hiding and preventing you from
seeing what's actually there (Tools - Options - View, set Field Shading to
"When selected" or "Always".

 

[Arinne Dickson]

Thanks, Herb! Suggestion #1 did the trick. I unchecked the option for Adjust
sentence and word spacing automatically, and now I can forward delete after
punctuation. Wish I had found this discussion list sooner.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Glad to be of service.

Cheers,

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com