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Bob Penoyer - 28 Dec 2003 05:54 GMT

I am new to Word 2003. When I had Word 97, I could drag the mouse
across several words to mark them. If I started dragging in the middle
of a word, the highlighting would automatically go to the end of the
word. This was very convenient.

Now with Word 2003, the highlighting does not automatically go to the
end of the word. Is there an option I can select to make this happen?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 28 Dec 2003 06:17 GMT

Tools | Options | Edit: "When selecting automatically select entire word."

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> I am new to Word 2003. When I had Word 97, I could drag the mouse
> across several words to mark them. If I started dragging in the middle
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> Now with Word 2003, the highlighting does not automatically go to the
> end of the word. Is there an option I can select to make this happen?

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Graham Mayor - 28 Dec 2003 06:24 GMT

Interesting. I personally would find that inconvenient; however you have the
choice :)
Tools > options > edit > When selecting automatically select entire word.

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TF - 28 Dec 2003 10:36 GMT

On the occasions when you DON'T want to select the whole word, you simply
hold down the ALT key whilst making the selection.

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Interesting. I personally would find that inconvenient; however you have the
choice :)
Tools > options > edit > When selecting automatically select entire word.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 28 Dec 2003 16:13 GMT

Interesting, but I still think it would drive me crazy.

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> On the occasions when you DON'T want to select the whole word, you simply
> hold down the ALT key whilst making the selection.
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> > Now with Word 2003, the highlighting does not automatically go to the
> > end of the word. Is there an option I can select to make this happen?

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Bob Penoyer - 29 Dec 2003 06:43 GMT

I find it makes marking fast and accurate, particularly when I am
editing a lot of text.

Thanks to everyone for your help. Thanks also to TF for that Alt key
trick.

>Interesting, but I still think it would drive me crazy.

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