Delete
 
To remove text from the document you are working
on. In Word, you delete permanently by pressing
the Delete key. (Note: Choose Edit Undo to replace
text you have deleted by mistake.) You can delete
characters and place them in the scrap by
pressing Shift+Delete; if you turn off the Use
INS For Overtype Key option in the Utilities
Customize dialog box, you can then insert the
text from the scrap into a specified location in
your document. You can also delete text by
pressing the Backspace key. See also: Glossary;
Scrap.