Before executing many Word commands, you need to highlight, or select, the section of text to which a command applies. When you select text, all punctuation, blank lines, and special characters within the highlighted area are included. Show To select text, drag the mouse pointer over the desired text. When the mouse pointer is positioned over an area that has been selected, the pointer changes from an I-beam to a diagonal left pointing arrow. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard method to select text, which requires placing the insertion point in the desired location and then using the arrow keys to highlight the text. Word also lets you use mouse shortcuts, outlined in Table below, to select text. To deselect selected text, simply click anywhere outside the selected area in your document or press a directional arrow key. For more details about our informative hands-on Microsoft Word training classes in Los Angeles call us on 888.815.0604. You can use keyboard shortcuts when you are creating or editing a mail message or a document. You must be in edit mode to use these shortcuts. Press Ctrl+E to put your document in edit mode. Table 1. Text shortcutsShortcut Description Arrow keys Move cursor Note: When the Scroll Lock key is on, arrow keys scroll the page; this is true in both edit mode and read mode. Ctrl+A Select all contents of document Ctrl+C Copy selected text or object Ctrl+Down Move item in list or table one row down Ctrl+Up Move item in list or table one row up Ctrl+V Paste text or object Ctrl+X Cut selected text or object Delete Delete selected graphic Delete Delete selected text or object Shift+Ctrl+Down Select text up to same point of next line Shift+Ctrl+Left Select previous word Shift+Ctrl+Right Select next word Shift+Ctrl+Up Select text up to same point of previous line Shift+Ctrl+Down Select text to end of current line, move focus to next line Shift+End Select text to end of current line Shift+Home Select text to beginning of current line Shift+Left Select previous character Shift+Right Select next character Shift+Up Select text to beginning of current line, move focus to previous line You can use keyboard shortcuts when you are creating or editing a mail message or a document. You must be in edit mode to use these shortcuts. Press Ctrl+E to put your document in edit mode. Table 1. Text shortcutsShortcut Description Arrow keys Move cursor Note: When the Scroll Lock key is on, arrow keys scroll the page; this is true in both edit mode and read mode. Ctrl+A Select all contents of document Ctrl+C Copy selected text or object Ctrl+Down Move item in list or table one row down Ctrl+Up Move item in list or table one row up Ctrl+V Paste text or object Ctrl+X Cut selected text or object Delete Delete selected graphic Delete Delete selected text or object Shift+Ctrl+Down Select text up to same point of next line Shift+Ctrl+Left Select previous word Shift+Ctrl+Right Select next word Shift+Ctrl+Up Select text up to same point of previous line Shift+Ctrl+Down Select text to end of current line, move focus to next line Shift+End Select text to end of current line Shift+Home Select text to beginning of current line Shift+Left Select previous character Shift+Right Select next character Shift+Up Select text to beginning of current line, move focus to previous line All shortcut keys are based on the U.S. keyboard layout. Keys on other layouts may not correspond exactly to the keys on a U.S. keyboard. For keyboard shortcuts in which you press two or more keys together, the keys to press are separated by a plus sign, like this: SHIFT+F10. Select text by holding down SHIFT and pressing a keystroke that moves the insertion point. (See our table of Keys for Moving the Insertion Point.) To perform this action... Press... To select one character to the right SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW To select one character to the left SHIFT+LEFT ARROW To select to the end of a word CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW To select to the beginning of a word CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW To select to the end of a line SHIFT+END To select to the beginning of a line SHIFT+HOME To select one line down SHIFT+DOWN ARROW To select one line up SHIFT+UP ARROW To select to the end of a paragraph CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW To select to the beginning of a paragraph CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW To select one screen down SHIFT+PAGE DOWN To select one screen up SHIFT+PAGE UP To select to the beginning of a document CTRL+SHIFT+HOME To select to the end of a document CTRL+SHIFT+END To select to the end of a window ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN To select the entire document CTRL+A Tip: If you know the key combination to move the insertion point, you can generally select text by using the same key combination while holding down SHIFT. For example, CTRL+RIGHT ARROW moves the insertion point to the next word, and CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW selects the text from the insertion point to the beginning of the next word. Using Extend (EXT) ModeIn extend mode, EXT appears in the status line. To perform this action... Press... To turn extend mode on F8 To select the nearest character F8, and then press LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW To increase the size of a selection F8 (press once to turn extend mode on, twice to select a word, three times select a sentence, four times to select a paragraph, five times to select the whole document) Which shortcut key is used to select one character to the right?Select text by using the keyboard. Does word insert text to the right of the insertion point?The location at which text or a node is inserted. The insertion point for text appears as a flashing vertical bar. As you type text, the flashing vertical bar moves to the right of the text you type.
Which keyboard shortcut moves the insertion point?Moving the Insertion Point. Which key is used to bring the insertion point to the starting of the document?Pressing Home moves the insertion point to the beginning of the current line. Pressing Ctrl+Home moves it to the beginning of the document.
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