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Tip
of the Month:
Text
Selection Shortcuts
Learn
how to maximize your use of the keyboard. Many tasks can be completed without
ever picking up the mouse… which reduces wear and tear on your wrist… plus
makes your work go so much more quickly!
Try
out these text selection shortcuts. They’ll work in Microsoft Word, Outlook,
Publisher, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Note:
Text selection using the keyboard always uses the SHIFT
key.
Moving
around on the page
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Go
to the beginning of the line
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HOME
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Go
to the end of the line
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END
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Go
to the beginning of the document
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CTRL+HOME
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Go
to the end of the document
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CTRL+END
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Selecting
text
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Select
a character to the right of the cursor
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SHIFT
+ right-ARROW
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Select
a character to the left of the cursor
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SHIFT
+ left-ARROW
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Select
a word to the right of the cursor
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CTRL+
SHIFT + right-ARROW
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*Select
a word to the left of the cursor
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CTRL+
SHIFT + left-ARROW
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*Select
the rest of the text to the right of the cursor on the line
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SHIFT
+ END
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*Select
the rest of the text to the left of the cursor on the line
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SHIFT
+ HOME
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Select
multiple lines below the cursor
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SHIFT
+ down-ARROW
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Select
multiple lines below the cursor
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SHIFT
+ up-ARROW
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Select
to the beginning of the document
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CTRL+SHIFT+HOME
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Select
to the end of the document
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CTRL+SHIFT+END
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Select
entire document
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CTRL+A
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