Highlight and backspace doesn’t work – Microsoft Word
My roommate just had this problem with Microsoft Word 2003, and I found the fix using the Google search engine. Here’s what you do:
Tools -> Options -> Edit
Check “Typing Replaces Selection”
That’s all my roommate had to do. For the sake of completeness, the fix also says:
Tools -> Options -> General
Uncheck both options that have WordPerfect in them
Hope this helps someone.
thnx for the solution!!~
i was going crazy XD
Thanx Mate, it worked :) I had to struggle writing so many assignments with this problem! Now I can relax, thanks!!! :)
Not that I don’t love the del key…but this backspace thing was really starting to get to me. Thanks for alleviating frustrations. Now…to figure out how that box got unchecked….
Thanks! Thought it was the new keyboard!
You saved my life with this–I was pulling my hair out, and wasn’t going to make it much longer!
hahaha, i dealt with this problem for 3 months. I was about uninstall and reinstall Office cause of this. Thanks a bunch
hahaha, i dealt with this problem for 3 months. I was about uninstall and reinstall Office cause of this. Thanks a bunch
I am wondering why/how this option decided to uncheck itself… Thank you for this entry. Life is so fustrating without backspace!
Thank you so, so much. I thought that maybe it had always been that way >.< maybe I was just forgetting…
i started to feel very small and insignificant :(
but now…I DONT HAVE AMNESIA!! IT DOES WORK!!!
Thanks for the fix!
You rule! Your’s is the first to pop up on google! Thanks for posting this!
Thanks very much… it was very very helpful… anyway… how did we un-check the settings in the first place.
Thank you so much
I don’t even know how did I uncheck the option but now I’m fine thanks to you
Thanks, I thought I was doomed to pressing “Delete” instead of backspace forever.
Thank you so much, was bugging me for a while!
You are my savior… at least when it comes to AP English assignments :D
Oh… thank you a ton. i didn’t know what was going on! :o)
Cheers first result in google and it worked!!
Since February since you’ve posted this, why didn’t you post this earlier. Just Kidding… What a find! Thank you
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
thank you who ever you are, my comp used to work and then just stopped one day and that has been bothering me forever, I knew there had to be a fix… thanks so much
huge appreciation, was irritating the pants off me. you’re the daddy.
You are my hero! Thank you for posting this fix. Saved me from buying a new keyboard!
Thanx alot.
After i had worked on my manager’s Laptop, its backspace stopped working. he kept saying that i did something to his laptop.
I did what you suggest and its working now.
By the way, i had this problem with my pc, and now its working too.
thanks
Thanx alot.
After i had worked on my manager’s Laptop,
its backspace stopped working.
he kept saying that i did something to his laptop.
I did what you suggest and its working now.
By the way, i had this problem with my pc too, and now its working.
thanks