Unable to select and delete text

[sean_anderson22]

I am unsure if there is a simple resolution to this inquiry or not.

As of late, I have been unable to select and delete text except by
going to the end of a word or sentence and using the delete key on each
individual letter. It is also impossible to remove footnote reference
marks (and therefore no update to footnotes and numbering are made.) I
have entered a special mode whereby such things are impossible? If so,
how do I get out of it? This has made revising my PhD that much more
difficult and time consuming. Many thanks for any assistance.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Sounds like you have re-mapped your Delete key to do something else?

Go to the Word Help and look up "Reset original settings for buttons, menus,
commands, and toolbars".

Cheers

I am unsure if there is a simple resolution to this inquiry or not.

As of late, I have been unable to select and delete text except by
going to the end of a word or sentence and using the delete key on each
individual letter. It is also impossible to remove footnote reference
marks (and therefore no update to footnotes and numbering are made.) I
have entered a special mode whereby such things are impossible? If so,
how do I get out of it? This has made revising my PhD that much more
difficult and time consuming. Many thanks for any assistance.

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[Daiya Mitchell]

Hi Sean,

In Word | Preferences | Edit, make sure "typing replaces selection" is
*checked*. On a Mac laptop (and maybe desktop), the key labeled delete is
actually backspace, and backspace counts as typing.

That should solve the footnote issue also--my quick check here suggests that
the first backspace selects the number and the second backspace deletes it,
so having the above unchecked would also destroy that method.

Good luck with the Ph.D.!