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Subject:Re: Word 7 - delete Y/N From:Hareesh Kumar K N <hari -at- CISCO -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 24 Sep 1997 13:13:54 +0500
It's a Word feature to help WordPerfect users. You can turn off this option
using Tools -> Options.
Deselect 'Navigation Keys for WordPerfect Users', and it'll be gone.
At 15:34 09 23 97 -0700, you wrote:
>I have a question for all you wonderful people (butter 'em up first).
>
>I have noticed that when I select text in Word 7 (running on 95 at home)
>and press Delete, Word comes back with a confirmation request, "Delete
>block Y/N?". (Drives me batty!) However, when I do the same thing using
>Word 7 (running on NT 4.0 at work), it doesn't. (Thank goodness!)
>
>I've looked all over for some way to disable this annoying feature. CAN
>I turn this off? PLEASE!
>
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