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| | Press Shift+right arrow to select character by character to the right, or Shift+left arrow to select to the left. | -
| | Press Shift+Ctrl+right arrow to select word by word to the right, or Shift+Ctrl+left arrow to select to the left. | -
| | Press Shift+Ctrl+down arrow to select down paragraph by paragraph, or Shift+Ctrl+up arrow to select up. | INTRODUCTION Although you'll probably use the mouse to select text most of the time, you may occasionally want to use the keyboard. For example, if you want to select only a few characters , it's usually easiest to use the keyboard. You can also use the keyboard to adjust the size of a selection that you initially made with the mouse. (As mentioned in the preceding task, you can't adjust a selection with the mouse after you've released the mouse button.) | -
| | Press Shift+End to select to the end of the line, or Shift+Home to select to the beginning of the line. | -
| | Press Shift+Ctrl+End to select to the end of the document, or Shift+Ctrl+Home to select to the beginning of the document. | -
| | To select any amount of text, click at the beginning of the block of text, and then Shift+click at the end of it. | TIP Using Multiple-Key Combinations With the keyboard methods that involve pressing the Shift and/or Ctrl key with another key, keep the Shift and/or Ctrl key held down as you press the arrow keys repeatedly to continue selecting character by character, word by word, and so on. | |