forward-word command cancels the mark

I am not sure if this is the right mailing list to use, but it's the only one I see that actually has follow-ups for the posts. I would like to start a mark (ctrl-space) then move forward word by word (forward-word) and keep my mark active. However, in xemacs, this doesn't work, my mark is cancelled as soon as I execute forward-word. I am using the xemacs 21.4 port for Windows. I have recently switched from emacs to xemacs. I have searched extensively online for this answer and cant find it. Thanks, Sue --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs, a Yahoo! service - Search Thousands of New Jobs