 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
| HomeDiscussionsAccessExcelInfoPathOutlookPowerPointPublisherWordDirectoryUser Groups Related Topics Outlook ExpressInternet ExplorerWindowsMS Server ProductsMore Topics ... |
MS Office Forum / Word / Document Management / March 2006keyboard shortcuts selecting text
I've looked everywhere and found all sorts of keyboard shortcuts. I can't find 3, they are: selecting current word, selecting current sentence, and selecting paragraph. Can anyone out there help me. :(TAP F8 - once to select a word, twice to select a sentence and thrice to select a paragraph.  SignatureCarol A. Bratt, MCP > I've looked everywhere and found all sorts of keyboard shortcuts. I can't > find 3, they are: selecting current word, selecting current sentence, and > selecting paragraph. Can anyone out there help me. :(TAP Thank you so much for responding, how do you turn off the F8 once it's been turned on to select? It's a dumb question, but for the life of me, I can't figure it out. :) > F8 - once to select a word, twice to select a sentence and thrice to select a > paragraph. > > > I've looked everywhere and found all sorts of keyboard shortcuts. I can't > > find 3, they are: selecting current word, selecting current sentence, and > > selecting paragraph. Can anyone out there help me. :(TAP Click anywhere else in the document. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Thank you so much for responding, how do you turn off the F8 once > it's been turned on to select? It's a dumb question, but for the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >>> sentence, and selecting paragraph. Can anyone out there help me. >>> :(TAP Hi Graham > Click anywhere else in the document. I don't think TAP wants to use his mouse too much (wouldn't need to substitute left-click with F8 ;-)). ESC would probably be "the" shortcut here. Greetinx Rober ---> heavy mouse user! Signature/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word ESC doesn't work for me? Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Hi Graham > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Rober > ---> heavy mouse user! > ESC doesn't work for me? Ahh, right (caught me!). Right or left arrow comes closest, I think. Sorry 'bout that! Robert Signature/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word Okay, you guys got me. I tried all of these keys and nothing works (esc or arrow keys), any other suggestions on turning off the F8 key when it's in select mode? TAP > > ESC doesn't work for me? > > Ahh, right (caught me!). Right or left arrow comes closest, I think. > > Sorry 'bout that! > Robert According to Word's Help, ESC is the correct key. It turns F8 off, but it doesn't unselect the selected text. To do that, you have to use an arrow key. This didn't work for me the first time I tried it, but then I couldn't get it to not work on subsequent trials. <sigh> SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Okay, you guys got me. I tried all of these keys and nothing works (esc or > arrow keys), any other suggestions on turning off the F8 key when it's in [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sorry 'bout that! > > Robert Robert, thank you so much. I'm actually a heavy mouse user too. I'm currently doing a computer class at Santa Ana College and it required a keyboard shortcut assignment. I have 3 different printouts showing keyboard shortcuts I took off of MS and none of them talks about my original question of using the keyboard only and selecting text. Amazing. Thanks again for reading carefully on my request and answering my question. I'll try the escape. TAP > Hi Graham > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Rober > ---> heavy mouse user! > Robert, thank you so much. I'm actually a heavy mouse user too. I'm > currently doing a computer class at Santa Ana College and it required a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > reading carefully on my request and answering my question. I'll try the > escape. TAP Your welcome! FWIW, for selecting (portions of) text, I mainly use SHIFT + the arrow keys in combination with HOME, END, CTRL, etc. Greetinx Robert Signature/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word Double-click to select a word, Ctrl+click to select a sentence (more or less). Triple-click (or double-click in the left margin) to select a paragraph. All these shortcuts are listed in Word's Help under "Keyboard shortcuts." SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > I've looked everywhere and found all sorts of keyboard shortcuts. I can't > find 3, they are: selecting current word, selecting current sentence, and > selecting paragraph. Can anyone out there help me. :(TAP Thank you for responding, but I was looking for a keyboard shortcut without using the mouse with the clicks, I know how to do that. I did find out the F8 is the key to use in doing all 3 that I needed to find out about. Unfortunately, I'm still trying to turn on the select mode once it's turned on. Thanks again for responding :)! > Double-click to select a word, Ctrl+click to select a sentence (more or > less). Triple-click (or double-click in the left margin) to select a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > find 3, they are: selecting current word, selecting current sentence, and > > selecting paragraph. Can anyone out there help me. :(TAP f8 turns on extended selection, if you don't want to do that, control shift right and left arrows select by word and shift right arrow select by letter. > Thank you for responding, but I was looking for a keyboard shortcut > without [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> > and >> > selecting paragraph. Can anyone out there help me. :(TAP D'oh! I enter text with the keyboard and edit with the mouse, so I just wasn't thinking! SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Thank you for responding, but I was looking for a keyboard shortcut without > using the mouse with the clicks, I know how to do that. I did find out the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > > find 3, they are: selecting current word, selecting current sentence, and > > > selecting paragraph. Can anyone out there help me. :(TAP I cannot use the mouse as I am visually impaired so I memorize keyboard shortcuts witch can often, to me, be faster then moving your hand back and forth between the keyboard and mouse. > D'oh! I enter text with the keyboard and edit with the mouse, so I just > wasn't thinking! [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > and >> > > selecting paragraph. Can anyone out there help me. :(TAP Thank you....so simple. Got one more dumb question, when I press the F8, how do you stop it from highlighting the text? > I've looked everywhere and found all sorts of keyboard shortcuts. I can't > find 3, they are: selecting current word, selecting current sentence, and > selecting paragraph. Can anyone out there help me. :(TAP |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2009 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.