You have Overtype turned on. Go to Tools>Options and click on the Edit tab and uncheck "overtype mode" Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ter prclay Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 7:37 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] WORD problem Hi, group - Recently, when I am composing a WORD document and I want to add, correct, or delete a character or a phrase, something strange is happening. The item I want to change does respond when I hit "backspace", but the next character in the line deletes itself when I type the correction, or even when I add a needed space. Why, do you suppose, is this suddenly happening; how do I fix it? Thanks again for your good help! Terri ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************