This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Selecting Text
To edit your text and assign various formatting, you must first learn how to select the text you want to modify. Selecting text is as easy as clicking or dragging, or a combination of both. There are a variety of text selection techniques you can apply, whether you’re selecting a single character, a word, a sentence, a paragraph, or even an entire document.
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To select by dragging, click and drag across the character, word, or paragraph you want to select.
Selected text appears highlighted in the document.
You can double-click within a word to select a single word in the document.
To select a paragraph, triple-click anywhere in the paragraph.
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You can also select text by clicking in the margin. To select a line of text, click in the margin directly left of the line.
To select a paragraph, double-click in the margin.
To select the entire document, triple-click in the margin.
TIP: Mini Toolbar
When you select text, you may notice a ghostly toolbar popping up next to the selection. This is the mini toolbar offering you quick shortcuts to related commands, such as formatting. You can move the mouse pointer over the toolbar and use the tools, or you can ignore it and it goes away.