Selecting Text

Select text by mouse

To select	Do this
Any amount of text	Drag over the text.
A word	Double-click the word.
A graphic	Click the graphic.
A line of text	Move the pointer to 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 till where the selection is to be made.
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.
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.

Select text by keyboard

Select text by holding down SHIFT and pressing the key that moves the insertion point.

Press	To select
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