To work around this issue, use one of the following methods. The Final view or the Original view may contain hidden text that contains tracked changes.Īdditionally, this issue may occur if the Typing replaces selection option is off. This behavior is a feature of Word that is designed to prevent the accidental deletion of hidden text that contains tracked changes. On the Reviewing toolbar, either the Final view or the Original view is selected in the Display for Review list. The Track Changes command is on the Tools menu.
In the Word document, the Track Changes feature is turned on. This issue occurs when the following conditions are true. That is, the BACKSPACE key does not delete the text. When you try to delete text in a document in Microsoft Word 2002 or in a later version of Microsoft Word by using the BACKSPACE key, the BACKSPACE key does not function as expected. The BACKSPACE key does not function as expected in Word Symptoms
