Highlighting Tricks for MS Word

Most people know how to click and drag to highlight text (make it black/ choose it) in Microsoft Word. This also works in many other types of word processors. Here are some short cuts to try:

• Double-click rapidly on a word, and the entire word is highlighted.
• Triple-click rapidly and the entire paragraph is selected. This is great for copy/paste jobs!
• Hold down CTRL while clicking a word, and the entire sentence is highlighted.
• Select text vertically, instead of horizontally (for example, when you want to remove bullets from text from the beginning of multiple lines) by holding down ALT while you click and drag with your mouse.

Once you have highlighted text, you can tell your word processor to do so many things with it: Delete it. Bold it. Italicize it. Change the font. Change the color. Copy it. Move it.

And now, you know some tricks to make that easier!