Selecting Text
Before you format or perform other operations on text, you need to select the text you
want to work with.
Here are ways to select text:
To select one or more characters, click in front of the first character and drag across the
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characters you want to select.
To select a word, double-click the word.
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To select a paragraph, triple-click in the paragraph.
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To select all text in a document, choose Edit > Select All.
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To select blocks of text, click the start of a text block, and then click the end of another
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text block while holding down the Shift key.
To select from the insertion point to the beginning of the paragraph, press the Up
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Arrow key while holding down the Shift and Option keys.
To select from the insertion point to the end of the paragraph, press the Down Arrow
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key while holding down the Shift and Option keys.
To extend the selection one character at a time, press the Left Arrow or Right Arrow
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key while holding down the Shift key.
To extend the selection one line at a time, press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key
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while holding down the Shift key.
To select multiple words or blocks of text that are not next to each other, select the
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first block of text you want, and then select additional text while holding down the
Command key.