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.
Wow, this problem was bugging me for the past two weeks, but thank you so much for showing the fix! i’m sure you’re helping so many Word users out there!
Good advice, helped a friend of mine unspeakably.
Thanks a lot!
thanks a lot. This problem was super annoying and this fixed it.
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