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WD: CTRL+BACKSPACE Doesn't Work in Protected Form

Article ID: 135072

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 95a
Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q135072

SYMPTOMS

When you press CTRL+BACKSPACE while in a protected form, you hear a beep and nothing happens.

WORKAROUND

Select the text you want to delete and press the DELETE key.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows 95 versions 7.0 and 7.0a and Word 97 for Windows. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

If you press CTRL+BACKSPACE while in a document that is not protected for forms, the word to the left of the insertion point is deleted.

Additional query words: cut delete word

Keywords: kbualink97 KB135072