Selecting text in Word enables you to do numerous things including;

• Delete
• Copy/Cut
• Move
• Format (size & colour etc)
• Align (left, right & center)

To select text you can click and drag the cursor over the text, use a combination of the arrow and Shift keys, or use the “Select all” option from the Edit menu.

Here are some shortcuts you may not know using your mouse to select text in Word.

To select a single word, just double click on that word.

You can use the “Selection Area” of the Word window to select larger amounts of text. The Selection Area is in the left margin of the Word Document.

Use the Selection Area to select a line, a paragraph or the whole document.

To select a line just click once in the Selection Area to the left of the line you wish to select.

 

To select a paragraph double-click in the Selection Area to the left of the paragraph.

To select the whole document just triple-click anywhere in the Selection Area.