WD2000: Selecting Text in Form Field Selects All or to Field End

ID: Q211712

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to select a portion of text within a form field and that form field is in a table cell, you get one of the following results:

The entire form field is selected.

-or-

The text is selected from the insertion point to the left or right end of the form field.

In contrast, when you select a portion of text within a form field that is placed outside a table or inside a frame, you can select individual characters.

WORKAROUND

To delete characters, position the insertion point before or after the text (or character) you want to delete, and then press either the DELETE key or the BACKSPACE key, respectively.

To type over existing characters, turn on Overtype mode. To do this, double-click the OVR indicator in the status bar.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbdta kbfield kbtable wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug