backspace button in ms word

[heatbball]

yo, i got this weird probelm with the backspace button in ms word. If i want to delete a whole sentence and highlight it and then press backspace nothing gets deleted, the text just gets unhighlited. If however i press the delete button instead of backspace the text does get deleted. if i want to delete a word or whatever i can press backspace and it works it just doesnt work when i want to delete something highlited. Anyone have any ideas how to solve this problem?

TIA :) sorry if my wording is confusing

Heatbball

[Elaine]

If I understand you correctly...
If the cursor is behind what you want to delete, then use backspace. If the cursor is in front of what you want to delete, use delete.

[MasterMind]

Look for any such setting in Tools Menu -> Options -> Edit. BTW, Which version of MS Word?

[Ogs]

From what i gather, its that he can only "delete" highlighted text with the delete button, but not backspace.

However when it comes to deleting non-highlighted text he can use backspace.

[heatbball]

From what i gather, its that he can only "delete" highlighted text with the delete button, but not backspace.

However when it comes to deleting non-highlighted text he can use backspace.
yes your are rights ogs, sorry for not being clear
mastermind it is ms office xp pro, legit, i looked under tools edit but i dont c it or maybe i dont recognize which option it is.

thanks again

heatbball

[gooner]

Mastermind is on the right track I think
Tools menu, options, edit tab. Make sure that "Typing replaces
selection" is checked. Apparently, backspace is part of typing.

[heatbball]

thanks you guys, it worked :)

heatbball

[MasterMind]

:) Thanks Gooner!

NP heatbball... I should have given you the exact setting but... version limitations! ;)