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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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If you clear the option for smart paragraph selection, Word won't automatically include the paragraph mark when you select text.
Has anyone resolved the issue of the text / words, sentences, paragraphs being highlighted all in blue when I am typing a Word Document?
Often, I am typing an important document - I am in a hurry and short on time.
I can't figure out how to stop the blue highlighting.
I am thinking we should have the microsoft word program deleted and uninstalled - but I don't have time for that now.
The auto highlight in blue is not happening as I type this response nor does it happen when I type emails.
Microsoft: PLEASE HELP ASAP!
Normally, selecting shouldn't happen during typing. "Blue highlighting" sounds more like text shading to me.
Please upload a screen shot that illustrates what you see.
Also, have you ruled out Extend Selection as discussed earlier in this thread?
I disabled this annoying feature in Word 2010 via:
File --> Options --> Advanced --> Unchecking "When selecting, automatically select entire word"
Sometimes, clearing that option is helpful.
However, there is also a disadvantage: If you ever apply (say) bold formatting by clicking in a word and pressing Ctrl+B or Ctrl+U, you can no longer do that unless you first manually select the word in question. Clicking in the word will no longer suffice, when "When selecting, automatically select entire word" is cleared.