Delete text

You can delete text using the Toolbar or keyboard keys.

To delete any part of the text using the Toolbar, do the following:

1.If you want to remove all text from a document and the document contains nothing but text, run the Select all command.

2.On the Home tab, in the Edit group, click Delete.

To delete one or more characters using the keyboard keys, do one of the following:

•If the cursor is after the characters, press Backspace (Windows, Linux) or Delete (macOS) repeatedly.

•If the cursor is positioned before the characters, press Delete (Windows, Linux) or Fn+Delete (macOS) repeatedly.

To delete a part of a word or a word using the keyboard keys, do one of the following:

•If the cursor is positioned after part of a word or a word, press Ctrl+Backspace (Windows, Linux), ⌘Cmd+Delete or ⌥Option+Delete (macOS).

•If the cursor is positioned before a word or part of a word, press Ctrl+Delete (Windows, Linux), ⌘Cmd+Fn+Delete or ⌥Option+Fn+Delete (macOS).

To delete a text fragment using the keyboard, select it and press Delete или Backspace (Windows, Linux), Delete or Fn+Delete (macOS).