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Posted By: anon on 2009-04-17
In Reply to: Word Shortcuts - Shelly

I DID read her post, several times. She is asking how to highlight more than one word without highlighting the whole line. I understand if you want to move through a line highlighting each word, you need to use the ctl+shift+arrow key, but if you want to only highlight one or two words randomly, you can highlight one word manually by using your MOUSE and then the ctl key, manually highlight the next word you want with the MOUSE and still holding down the ctl key. etc etc etc. It seems to me that the ctl+shift+arrow is only for highlighting a whole sentence and moving across a line, not for just manually highlighting individual words. There is always more than ONE way to skin a dummy. I do this all the time, as I highlight only certain text in a document for counting, so I know it works.

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Word Shortcuts - Shelly
- re - anon
  - She's asking for *keyboard* shortcuts, not mouse shortcuts. nm - CheriL
    - Ummm--read her post again, please--it don't say *keyboard* short cuts..it says *word* shortcuts - anon
- Hold down Ctrl and Shift and use right arrow to highlight one word at a time. sm - CheriL
  - That's what I just said below: - anon
    - You said nothing about the Shift key. Sorry to have upset you so much. nm - CheriL
      - one does not need to --sm - anon
        One *does* need to use the Shift key to highlight words as Shelly asked. sm - CheriL
- highlight the first word you want, hold the Ctrl key down, and highlight the next, etc. nm - anon

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