Unable to highlight text in Microsoft Word

Hi! Can somebody help me pls. In my microsoft word, i couldn't highlight words(s) by click and drag -the usual way. But this problem is only in word, highlighting in excel and ppt is fine.

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Original Title: microsoft word highlight

Posted on Aug 17, 2025 6:16 PM

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VikingOSX

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Aug 18, 2025 5:08 AM in response to walida163

This is not an Apple product or customary Microsoft product support community. Microsoft provides free communities for customer questions about their products.

That said, I have no issue with text selection in Word v16.100 by clicking and dragging, or double-clicking on a word. I am using macOS Sequoia v15.6.

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