[Nikronius]

microsoft word... from all the software thats the one i hate the most... simply i dont have time to know everything about it... so

just of the sudden now when i select a text and hit the backspace button or type something on top of the selected text, it doesnt erase it.

I just want to know if i put any option by mistake cause I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts in other programs (like winamp) so maybe i pushed any shortcut for my winamp and by mistake i activated this on word...

Or if is a problem in general. Had happened in other pcs that i have but usually i dont even know how that fixes but eventually that dissapears... but now Im really curious... wtf is going on.

[mrdaveyk]

does the backspace work elsewhere, internet explorer?

[MJM]

Oddly enough my Mum had the same issue a few days ago when I was at home.

Go into options/preferences (sorry don't have MS Word myself), then click through the tabs until you find an option along the lines of "overwrite selected text", make sure it's checkmarked appropriately.

[Nikronius]

Tools>Options / Edit tab > check-mark on "overwrite selected text"

Thanks man... never figured that one out. Problem solved

[MJM]

No worries. Strange coincidence though. Probably one of those things that gets turned on and off by some stupid keyboard shortcut.