How to Select Text in a Microsoft Word Document

Do you know the fine points of selecting text in a Microsoft Word document? May be the following steps will help you select text more efficiently.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Personal Computer
• Microsoft Word

1. 

   To select one word, left double click the word.

2. 

   To select multiple words, left click once, and drag over desired words to be selected.

3. 

   To select a line at a time, click in the selection bar to the left of the line (The blank column to the left of the text.).

4. 

   To select a paragraph at a time, left double click in the selection bar to the left of the paragraph OR left triple click anywhere in the paragraph.

5. 

   To select multiple paragraphs, left double click and drag in the selection bar to the left of the paragraphs.

6. 

   To select an entire document, press Control A.

Tips & Warnings

• You can always click on the undo button if you don't like what happened.
• This does not work on a Mac computer.