Other Ways for Selecting Text In Word

Actually, there are many ways for selecting text in Word. You can select text by using the mouse or the keyboard:

Using The Mouse:

• Any amount of text
  Drag over the text.

• A word
  Double-click the word.

• A line of text
  Move the pointer to the left of the line until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then click.

• A sentence
  Hold down CTRL, then click anywhere in the sentence.

• A paragraph
  Move the pointer to the left of the paragraph until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then double-click. Or triple-click anywhere in the paragraph.

• Multiple paragraphs
  Move the pointer to the left of the paragraphs until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then double-click and drag up or down.

• A large block of text
  Click at the start of the selection, scroll to the end of the selection, and then hold down SHIFT and click.

• An entire document
  Move the pointer to the left of any document text until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then triple-click.

• Headers and footers
  In normal view, click Header and Footer on the View menu; in print layout view print layout view, double-click the dimmed header or footer text. Move the pointer to the left of the header or footer until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then triple-click.

• Footnotes and endnotes
  Click in the pane, move the pointer to the left of the text until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then triple-click.

• A vertical block of text (except within a table cell)
  Hold down ALT, and then drag over the text.

Using Keyboard:

• SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
  One character to the right

• SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
  One character to the left

• CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
  To the end of a word

• CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
  To the beginning of a word

• SHIFT+END
  To the end of a line

• SHIFT+HOME
  To the beginning of a line

• SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
  One line down

• SHIFT+UP ARROW
  One line up

• CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
  To the end of a paragraph

• CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW
  To the beginning of a paragraph

• SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
  One screen down

• SHIFT+PAGE UP
  One screen up

• CTRL+SHIFT+HOME
  To the beginning of a document

• CTRL+SHIFT+END
  To the end of a document

• ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
  To the end of a window

• CTRL+A
  To include the entire document

• CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode
  To a vertical block of text

• F8+arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode

To a specific location in a document

F8

Turn extend mode on

F8, and then press LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW

Select the nearest character

F8 (press once to select a word, twice to select a sentence, and so forth)

Increase the size of a selection

SHIFT+F8

Reduce the size of a selection

ESC

Turn extend mode off