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10-15-2011, 05:39 AM

Stefan Blom Stefan Blom is offline

Windows 7 64bit Delete button does not work with highlighted text

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Click Tools | Options. On the Edit tab, make sure that "Typing replaces selection" is selected. On the General tab, make sure that the two options referring to WordPerfect are cleared. Click OK.

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