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Keys for Selecting Text and Graphics

All shortcut keys are based on the U.S. keyboard layout. Keys on other layouts may not correspond exactly to the keys on a U.S. keyboard.

For keyboard shortcuts in which you press two or more keys together, the keys to press are separated by a plus sign, like this: SHIFT+F10.
For shortcuts in which you press keys one after the other, the keys to press are separated by a comma, like this: ALT, F, X.

Selecting Text and Graphics

Select text by holding down SHIFT and pressing a keystroke that moves the insertion point. (See our table of Keys for Moving the Insertion Point.)

To perform this action...

Press...

To select one character to the right

SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

To select one character to the left

SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

To select to the end of a word

CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

To select to the beginning of a word

CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

To select to the end of a line

SHIFT+END

To select to the beginning of a line

SHIFT+HOME

To select one line down

SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

To select one line up

SHIFT+UP ARROW

To select to the end of a paragraph

CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

To select to the beginning of a paragraph

CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW

To select one screen down

SHIFT+PAGE DOWN

To select one screen up

SHIFT+PAGE UP

To select to the beginning of a document

CTRL+SHIFT+HOME

To select to the end of a document

CTRL+SHIFT+END

To select to the end of a window

ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN

To select the entire document

CTRL+A

Tip: If you know the key combination to move the insertion point, you can generally select text by using the same key combination while holding down SHIFT. For example, CTRL+RIGHT ARROW moves the insertion point to the next word, and CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW selects the text from the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.

Using Extend (EXT) Mode

In extend mode, EXT appears in the status line.

To perform this action...

Press...

To turn extend mode on

F8

To select the nearest character

F8, and then press LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW

To increase the size of a selection

F8 (press once to turn extend mode on, twice to select a word, three times select a sentence, four times to select a paragraph, five times to select the whole document)

To reduce the size of a selection

SHIFT+F8

To select a vertical block of text

CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode

To select to a specific location in a document

F8+arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode

To select to a specific character F8, and then type the character

To turn extend mode off

ESC

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