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How do you disable this STUPID feature?
I'm trying to highlight a single word or some part of a word for cut&paste operations and Word auto-highlights the whole line and sometimes the whole paragraph or page.
I can be using a mouse, I can be using the shift+arrow keys, it doesn't matter. The auto-highlight takes over.
it seems to be worse on any kind of bullets and numbering or any header/footer fields.
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auto-indent is another evil feature. cut and paste from a notepad and the indent is changed on your bullets and numbering. pretty much control-v means indent text right ->
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Forgive me for not using the correct jargon. Before this thread I had thought I was an advanced word user.
I can let you see the document if there is a private address. I cant put it into the public domain
Paul
You can send it to either of the email addresses in my signature. Please reference this thread so that I can relate it to the issue.
I am having the highlighting problem in Word 2016 that I just paid a fortune for.
This highlight issue is ridiculous. I will probably go back to Open Office document writer. It is considerably better - more user friendly and it's free.
I simply don't have time to make Word work - It should be a load and use program without making it be a second career.
I am having the highlighting problem in Word 2016 that I just paid a fortune for.
This thread actually discusses several aspects of selecting (for example, selecting text in a form field, selecting text in the main body of a document). Could you expand on what you are trying to do and what you see instead?
I had problems with this a long time ago and forgot how to stop it. Just figured it out! Very surprised that know one knows the answer... But here it is.... Are you ready?
Ok, press the insert key ffs.