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.
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Thanks so much! I’d been really irritated by this, I mean, when _would_ you want that set up that way?!
Thought you might be happy to know this is the first hit for the google search “highlight backspace doesn’t work”!
Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much. This was so so frustrating for months. i’m delighted i’ve finally found a solution
thanks so much for posting this. it was absolutely driving me up the wall.
Thanks man, id been going mental for months.
THANKS!!!