Click & Drag? Not the only way...

Many people may know that if you're using a word processor program such as Microsoft Word, you need to select the text first before you can change the look of it. And many of those people have only been taught to select text using the Click & Drag method which can be frustrating especially if you text extends across multiple pages.




Here are some tips and tricks for selecting text using two different mouse pointers, the Selection Bar Pointer and the Text Pointer.



Selecting Text with the Selection Bar Pointer



In Word, place your mouse pointer in the left margin. Your mouse pointer should change to a white arrow and it points toward the right corner of your screen.



1. Single click- selects the entire line.



2. Single click and drag straight down-selects multiple lines



3. Double click-selects the paragraph



4. Triple click-selects the entire document



Selecting Text with the Text Pointer



In Word, when you float your mouse pointer in between the characters of any word in any paragraph in your document your mouse pointer displays the Text Pointer which resembles a capital letter I.



1. Single click-cursor flashes so you can type text



2. Click and drag-selects any amount of text



3. Double click-selects a word



4. Ctrl and click-selects the sentence



5. Triple click-selects the paragraph


As always,
Happy Clicking,

Betsy
The PC Teacher
http://www.thepcteacher.com/
bcoyne@thepcteacher.com