How to Highlight Text Using OpenOffice

OpenOffice is a productivity software suite that is developed on an open-source platform. Open-source simply means that a group of developers work together to design and develop the product for free, and in turn, the product is offered to the public for free. Some programs in the OpenOffice suite include a word processing application, a spreadsheet application and a presentation application. Simple tasks like highlighting text mimic that of other similar software.

Instructions

Select Text Using the Mouse

1. Left click the mouse at the beginning of a piece of text that you want to select.

2. Drag the mouse until you reach the end of the piece of text. Once you reach the end of the piece of text, release the mouse.

3. Select another nonconsecutive piece of text by holding down the "Control" key on your keyboard and repeating steps 1 and 2. Mac users should click the "Command" key instead.

Select Text Using the Keyboard

1. Place the cursor before the first character of text you want to select by using the arrows on your keyboard.

2. Press and hold the "Shift" key.

3. Press the right arrow to highlight the next character. Continue to do this until you've highlighted the entire piece of text.

4. Press "Shift" and "F8" to enable "Add Mode" if you want to select nonconsecutive text. Move the cursor to the beginning of the additional piece of text you want to highlight.

5. Hold down the "Shift" key and use the arrow keys to select the additional piece of text.

References

• OpenOffice: Selecting Text
• OpenOffice: About OpenOffice.org
• OpenOffice: OpenOffice.org User Guide