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The Delete key deletes characters to the right or in front of the cursor. The backspace key deletes characters to the left or behind the cursor.
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Difference between the delete key an the back space?
The backspace key deletes to the left of the cursor, and the delete key deletes to the right of the cursor.
What key deletes the character that the inerstion point is on?
the delete key
How delete key deletes character?
It deletes text to the right of the cursor. If some text is selected, it will delete all of that text at once.
What are keys used to delete textin a word document?
The delete key deletes text to the right of the cursor and the backspace key, in the top right of your keyboard, will delete text to the left of the cursor.
When you are typing and you space the words it deletes the next letter how do you stop that from happening?
Press the insert key
What is the function of the delete key?
the delete key on a keyboard, erases characters on the left side of the cursor
What is the difference between pressing the Delete key or the left arrow key in the middle of a line of text?
Delete key deletes any amount of text. The left arrow key only moves the I beam
How come when you type in frount of a word it deletes the others?
It sounds like you may be experiencing a glitch with your keyboard or typing software. If typing "frount" before a word is causing deletion of the others, it could be a behavior specific to that software or keyboard setting. You may want to check for any updates or try resetting your keyboard settings.
What are the two keys of the key board that delete the character?
Backspace deletes the characters to the left of the cursor while delete deletes the characters to the right. (The cursor is the vertical line that flashes on and off where you are typing text)
How would a user control backwards and forwards through pages of websites?
You can use the ALT key with the left and right arrows to navigate backwards and forwards through websites.
Which key deletes character to get the right of the insertion point?
While holding down SHIFT, press END (near home, insert, delete, etc.). Then press DELETE or BACKSPACE.
Where is the delete key that deletes towards the right the opposite of backspace on a mac keyboard?
The Mac keyboard does not have a delete key. On MacBooks forward deletion can be achieved by holding down the Fn key and pressing the BackSpace key. Some applications replicate this operation with a Shift or Alt and BackSpace key combination but it is not native to the Mac's user interface.
