Microsoft KB Archive/31112

Can’t Delete Text Left of Cursor by Pressing BACKSPACE

PSS ID Number: Q31112 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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Sometimes Microsoft Word for the Macintosh will not allow you to use the BACKSPACE or DELETE key to move left. This behavior can be caused by one of the following:

  There may be hidden text between the cursor and the text to be erased. To move left, go to the Tools menu and choose Preferences. In Preferences, select the View option, and select Show Hidden Text. (In Word 3.0x or 4.0, choose Preferences from the Edit menu and select the Show Hidden Text option.) -or-   The insertion point is at the very beginning of a paragraph, and the preceding paragraph is formatted differently. Because paragraph formats are stored in the paragraph mark (carriage return) at the end of the paragraph, deleting the paragraph mark from the previous paragraph would cause that paragraph to take on the formatting of the paragraph the cursor is in. To delete the paragraph mark, select the mark and press the BACKSPACE or DELETE key. 

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