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.
Like a charm…..cheers
Omg! Thanks so much ^_^ It’s been bugging me for months!
I used to have to hold backspace down for a while to delete a paragraph. This was so helpful!
I have been fighting with this for weeks now. One day it worked and the next day it didn’t. Thanks so much!!!
thank you! I’ve been wanting to fix this forever and finally decided to search it…much appreciated :)
I don’t know how this setting got changed in my computer, but it was so annoying! Thanks for the easy fix!
THANK YOU. I know this message will be left way past the date it was posted, but you’ve just cured my two-year stint without a highlight and backspace option. Thanks very much!
Thank you!!!
Thanks!!! It helps me a lot!!!!
I LOVE YOU TIS HAS BEEN BUGGING ME FOR AGES!!
Man, I love you for this, haha.
This has been driving me nuts all week! I don’t know how the setting got changed in the first place.
Thanks for the solution!! Saved my sanity.
I agree with Linnea. I was about ready to throw the pc out the window. How it the setting suddenly changed on its own is a mystery to me, but I’m so glad to find the fix.
Thank you!
You are a lifesaver!!
Thank you= 8 letters and I thank you 8 times in a row non stop.
Thanks a lot for this tip. Mine spontaneously stopped working at work but was working at home and I was about to go batty!
thanks it helped me!
Thank you thank you. Was driving me nuts :)
Awesome…I use Word all the time at work, and the last couple days had been pretty irritating until I found your article. Cheers!
Thank you so much for posting this. I was getting ready to uninstall word all together. WHAT A TIME SAVER!!!!!
Perfect!! thanks for the tip!
Thank god for that!!!
Cheers
THANK YOU!
THANKYOU SOO MUCH I WAS GETTING SO ANNOYED WITH THAT!!!!
THANK YOU THAT WORKED LIKE A CHAMP! it was so annoying before but now life is good.