diff --git a/source/NVDAObjects/window/winword.py b/source/NVDAObjects/window/winword.py
index f0160640a4b..ca6d77db4bb 100755
--- a/source/NVDAObjects/window/winword.py
+++ b/source/NVDAObjects/window/winword.py
@@ -1167,6 +1167,7 @@ def _get_focusableNVDAObjectAtStart(self):
 class WordDocumentTreeInterceptor(browseMode.BrowseModeDocumentTreeInterceptor):
 
 	TextInfo=BrowseModeWordDocumentTextInfo
+	_nativeAppSelectionMode = True
 
 	def _activateLongDesc(self,controlField):
 		longDesc=controlField.get('longdescription')