Backspace won't delete, text turns red and strikethrough

Mustafa

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Sep 11, 2009, 4:32:06 AM9/11/09

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When i hit the backspce key it does not delete, the text just turns red and
get strikethrough.
I have checked Options and did not get to any solution.

When i open new documents, they does not have the same problem, any idea how
this happens?
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Stefan Blom

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Sep 11, 2009, 5:08:15 AM9/11/09

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Track Changes is on. Turn it off and then accept all changes made. For more,
see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trackchanges/HowTrackChangesWorks.html.

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cmaddox

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Sep 11, 2009, 11:21:06 AM9/11/09

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You have reviewing turned on. Your changes are being treated as corrections
and marked so you will know what changes you have made. Look for the
reviewing toolbar and click on the icon with a piece of paper, a pencil and a
star...that should turn off reviewing. Or you can just change the settings
so that it only shows the final version.
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chatty...@gmail.com

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Jul 18, 2014, 10:55:42 PM7/18/14

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Thank you! This was a big help. I was in the middle of a paper and this started, no idea how I turned it on, but thank you for helping me turn it off!!!

Peter T. Daniels

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Jul 19, 2014, 7:40:56 AM7/19/14

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On Friday, July 18, 2014 10:55:42 PM UTC-4, chatty...@gmail.com wrote:
> > "Mustafa" wrote:

> > > When i hit the backspce key it does not delete, the text just turns red
> > > and get strikethrough.
> > > I have checked Options and did not get to any solution.
> > > When i open new documents, they does not have the same problem, any idea
> > > how this happens?
>

> Thank you! This was a big help. I was in the middle of a paper and this started, no idea how I turned it on, but thank you for helping me turn it off!!!

You probably accidentally touched Ctrl-Shift-E, the keyboard shortcut
for Track Changes.

You can also click the notification in the bar at the bottom of the window
that tells you Track Changes is on.

aliah...@gmail.com

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Apr 11, 2017, 5:46:58 AM4/11/17

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thank you! your answer helped me.

tlmv...@gmail.com

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Sep 19, 2018, 8:44:41 PM9/19/18

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I had the same problem. Thank you!

Kerry Hogan

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Oct 22, 2020, 12:42:03 PM10/22/20

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I have same problem but these fixes are not specific enough and I can't find what I need to shut it off. can someone list the menu hierarchy I need to follow to get to this setting so that I can turn it off?

Thanks

ben rouse

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Nov 19, 2021, 10:07:38 AM11/19/21

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Thank you all for this, I was doing a school assignment and the text just turned red and the backspace wouldn't work, it decided to strike through the text. Does it only happen near images, I've only gotten this issue when near images. Anyway, thank you for helping me figure this out

Luvy Lot

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Dec 8, 2022, 8:15:45 PM12/8/22

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On WORD Click at the beginning of the document.
On the Review tab, go to Changes.
Select Accept or Reject. As you accept or reject changes, Word will move to the next change.
Repeat until you've removed all changes in the document.

I used this method and it worked perfectly

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