Question about Microsoft Word highting and overtype?

Question

When i highlight a word or phrase on Word, I usually can just type in another word and the highlighted portion erases as I do that. I think one of my settings changed and now it doesn't automatically erase, and instead I have to press the "delete" key to erase the highlighted portion-- the backspace key won't delete it either. How do I change it back so I can type over the highlighted portions?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Go to Tools -> Options

Click the Edit tab

In this dialog box make sure you have a check in the box "Typing replaces selection"

Click OK to finish.