Re: Entire line selected with click on the right end - normal view
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"bipacer" <bipacer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> A new and troubling problem when using MSWord 2003 is that when entering
the
> cursor at the right end of a text line, the entire line is selected.
> Previously, when one entered (clicked) at the right end of a line, one
could
> start typing new text immediately. Now, however, since MSWord 2003
selects
> the entire line upon the "click", the existing line disappears when you
start
> typing. This is true when the option "Typing replaces selection" is
active.
> If that option is deactivated, then the cursor moves to the left side
(start)
> of the line for entry of new text. Either way is unacceptable, since at
two
> additional keystrokes (arrows), or a precise click next to the last
character
> is required to overcome the problem.
> Interestingly, this condition occurs in the "normal view" but not the
"print
> layout" or "web layout" views.
> I assume there must be a way to eliminate or correct this deficiency, but
I
> could not solve the problem with options in the MSWord 2003 "Options".
.
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