diff -rupN ../core/sw/source/ui/wrtsh/delete.cxx core/sw/source/ui/wrtsh/delete.cxx
--- ../core/sw/source/ui/wrtsh/delete.cxx	Wed May  1 17:41:09 2013
+++ core/sw/source/ui/wrtsh/delete.cxx	Sat May  4 01:32:37 2013
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ long SwWrtShell::DelPrvWord()
                 short n = -1;
                 while( ' ' == GetChar( sal_False, n ))
                     --n;
-
+					n++;
                 if( ++n )
                     ExtendSelection( sal_False, -n );
             }