Most of the time, Microsoft Word works flawlessly and makes our work much easier to do, but there are times when a particular built-in “feature” serves as a constant source of frustration rather than being helpful. Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has a quick and easy solution to help a reader disable a problematic feature.
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The Question
SuperUser reader Dave Chen wants to know how to stop Microsoft Word from automatically selecting more text than is desired:
How do you stop Microsoft Word from automatically selecting more text than is desired?
I know that if I move the cursor back to the same position, then Microsoft Word will select the text correctly, but it is annoying to have to do that every single time. Is there a setting that will allow me to disable automatic text selection?
The Answer
SuperUser contributor Aganju has the answer for us:
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