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In Microsoft Office Word 2007, you can select text or items in a table by using the mouse or the keyboard. You

can also select text or items that are in different places. For example, you can select a paragraph on one page

and a sentence on a different page.

What do you want to do?

Select text by using the mouse

Select text by using the keyboard

Select text in different places

Select text in Outline view

Select text by using themouse

Select text in the body of adocumentTo select Do this

Any amount oftext

Click where you want to begin the selection, hold down the left mouse button, and then drag the pointer overthe text that you want to select.

A word Double-click anywhere in 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, and then click anywhere in the sentence.

A paragraph Triple-click anywhere in the paragraph.
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Multipleparagraphs

Move the pointer to the left of the first paragraph until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then pressand hold down the left mouse button while you drag the pointer up or down.

A large block oftext

Click at the start of the selection, scroll to the end of the selection, and then hold down SHIFT while you clickwhere you want the selection to end.

An entiredocument

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

Headers andfooters

InPrint Layout view, double-click the dimmed header or footer text. Move the pointer to the left of theheader or footer until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then click.

Footnotes andendnotes

Click the footnote or endnote text, move the pointer to the left of the text until it changes to a right-pointingarrow, and then click.

A vertical block oftext

Hold down ALT while you drag the pointer over the text.

A text box orframe

Move the pointer over the border of the frame or text box until the pointer becomes a four-headed arrow,and then click.

Select items in a tableTo select Do this

The contents of acell

Click in the cell. Under Table Tools, click the Layout tab. In the Table group, clickSelect, and then clickSelect Cell.

The contents of arow

Click in the row. Under Table Tools, click the Layout tab. In the Table group, clickSelect, and then clickSelect Row.

The contents of acolumn

Click in the column. Under Table Tools, click the Layout tab. In the Table group, clickSelect, and thenclickSelect Column.

The contents ofmultiple cells,rows, or columns

Click in a cell, a row, or a column and then hold the left mouse button down while you drag across all of thecells, rows, or columns that contain the content that you want to select. To select the contents of cells, rows,or columns that are not next to each other, click in the first cell, row, or column, press CTRL, and then clickthe additional cells, rows, or columns that contain the content that you want to select.

The contents ofan entire table

Click in the table. Under Table Tools, click the Layout tab. In the Table group, clickSelect, and then clickSelect Table.

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Select text by using thekeyboard
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Select text in the body of adocumentTo select Do this

One character to the right Press SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW.

One character to the left Press SHIFT+LEFT ARROW.

A word from its beginningto its end

Place the insertion point at the beginning of the word, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW.

A word from its end to itsbeginning

Move the pointer to the end of the word, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW.

A line from its beginningto its end

Press HOME, and then press SHIFT+END.

A line from its end to itsbeginning

Press END, and then press SHIFT+HOME.

One line down Press END, and then press SHIFT+DOWN ARROW.

One line up Press HOME, and then press SHIFT+UP ARROW.

A paragraph from itsbeginning to its end

Move the pointer to the beginning of the paragraph, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW.

A paragraph from its endto its beginning

Move the pointer to the end of the paragraph, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW.

A document from its end

to its beginning

Move the pointer to the end of the document, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+HOME.

A document from itsbeginning to its end

Move the pointer to the beginning of the document, and then press CTRL+SHIFT+END.

From the beginning of awindow to its end

Move the pointer to the beginning of the window, and then press ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN.

The entire document Press CTRL+A.

A vertical block of text Press CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then use the arrow keys. Press ESC to turn off the selection mode.

The nearest character Press F8 to turn on selection mode, and then press LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW; press ESC toturn off the selection mode.

A word, a sentence, aparagraph, or adocument

Press F8 to turn on selection mode, and then press F8 once to select a word, twice to select asentence, three times to select a paragraph, or four times to select the document. Press ESC to turnoff the selection mode.

Select items in a tableTo select Do this

The contents of the cellto the right

Press TAB.

The contents of the cellto the left

Press SHIFT+TAB.


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The contents ofadjacent cells

Hold down SHIFT while you press the appropriate arrow key repeatedly until you have selected thecontents of all of the cells that you want.

The contents of acolumn

Click in the column's top or bottom cell. Hold down SHIFT while you press the UP ARROW or DOWNARROW key repeatedly until you have selected the contents of the column.

The contents of anentire table

Click in the table, and then press ALT+5 on the numeric keypad (with NUM LOCK off).

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Select text in differentplaces

You can select text or items in a table that are not next to each other. For example, you can select a paragraph

on one page and a sentence on a different page.

1. Select some text or an item in a table.

2. Hold down CTRL while you select any additional text or item in a table that you want.

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Select text in Outline view

To view your document in Outline view, click the View tab, and then click Outline in the Document Views group.

To select Move the pointer to

A heading The left of the heading until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then click.

A heading, its subheading, and body text The left of the heading until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then double-click.
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A paragraph of body text The left of the paragraph until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then click.

Multiple headings or paragraphs of bodytext

The left of the text until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then drag up ordown.

NOTES

In Outline view, clicking once to the left of a paragraph selects the entire paragraph instead of a

single line.

If you select a heading that includes collapsed subordinate text, the collapsed text is also selected

(even though it is not visible). Any changes that you make to the heading

such as moving,

copying, or deleting it also affect the collapsed text.

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