Selecting Text and Graphics using the mouse and keyboard Correcting and Deleting Text

Before you can move, format, delete, or change text or graphic, you must select (block) the item. You can select using the mouse or keyboard; selected text or graphic are highlighted. 

To cancel the selection, click outside the selection, or use the arrow keys to move the insertion point.

  To select text and graphic using the mouse:

Do	To select
Drag over the text.	Any amount of text
Double-click the word.	A word
Click the graphic.	A graphic
Move the pointer to the left of the line until it changes to a right arrow, then click.	A line of text
Move the pointer to the left of the lines until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then drag up or down.	Multiple lines of text
Hold down CTRL, and then click anywhere in the sentence.	A sentence
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.	A paragraph
Move the pointer to the left of the paragraphs until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then double-click and drag up or down.	Multiple paragraphs
Click at the start of the selection, scroll to the end of the selection, and then hold down SHIFT and click.	A large block of text
Move the pointer to the left of any document text until	An entire document

 

To select text and graphic using the keyboard:

You can select text by holding down SHIFT and pressing the key that moves the insertion point. To improve your selection techniques, refer to the next table: 

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
ALT + CTRL + PAGE DOWN	To the end of a window
CTRL + SHIFT + HOME	To the beginning of a document
CTRL + A	To include the entire document
CTRL + SHIFT + F8, and then use the arrow keys	To a vertical block of text

  Correcting and Deleting Text

1-        Deleting Text and Graphics 

Do	To delete
Press BACKSPACE or DELETE or Click	Selected text
BACKSPACE	Delete one character to the left
CTRL + BACKSPACE	Delete one word to the left
DELETE	Delete one character to the right
CTRL + DELETE	Delete one word to the right

 

 2 -  Restoring Deleted Text

On the standard toolbar, click the Undo     button, if you change your mind after you

have undone an action, you can reverse by clicking the Redo     button on the Standard

toolbar  

  

3-   Replacing a Selection with New Text

1-  Select the text you want to replace.

2-  Type the replacement text.

4-   Undoing Mistakes

1-  Click the arrow next to Undo to see a list of the most recent actions you can undo.

  

2-  Click the action you want to undo. If you don't see the action, scroll through the list.

When you undo an action, you also undo all actions above it in the list.

 

If you later decide you did not want to undo an action, click the Redo    button.