Highlighting
Method #1
  • Place I-beam at beginning or end of text to be highlighted
  • Hold mouse button down and drag in opposite direction.
  • Release mouse button.
    • Method #2
  • Put slanted arrow (toward right) at beginning of line and click to highlight whole line of text.
  • If you continue to drag the mouse down, with arrow pointing toward text, it will highlight each successive line until you let go of mouse.
    • Quick Tips
  • To highlight one word: double click within word..
  • To highlight a sentence: hold ctrl and click within sentence.
  • To highlight paragraph: put cursor at beginning of paragraph, then hold ctrl and shift together, and use the down arrow (to un-highlight use ctrl/shift and the up arrow).
  • To highlight line by line: put cursor at beginning of first line you want to highlight, then hold shift and use the down arrow.
  • To highlight entire document: hold ctrl and hit"a" on your keyboard or go to the Edit > Select All. Caution:
    When whole document is highlighted DON'T HIT ANY KEY ON YOUR KEYBOARD or IT WILL DISAPPEAR. If you do this, you have "Undo" to bring it back.

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