Mouse / Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Office
By ryan | October 21, 2009
Not all of you know that there are a TON of keyboard shortcuts in Windows. There are some other quick shortcut keys that help speed up selecting text in Office as well. Below are some of the tricks that people in the ‘biz’ use.
- To select a word, double-click it.
- To select a single line of text, click in the left margin next to the line.
- To select a sentence, hold down [Ctrl] and then click anywhere in the sentence.
- To select a paragraph, click three times in the paragraph. Alternatively, click twice in the left margin next to the paragraph.
- To select the entire document, click three times in the left margin.
- Once you Double-Left-Click a word continue to drag and select more text by whole words
- Double-Left-Click a word and then [CTRL]-Double-Left-Click to select random, non-adjacent words; useful for formatting or deleting. This will also work with Triple-Left-Click paragraphs
- To select a single line of text, Left-Click in the left margin next to the line
- To select a sentence, hold down [CTRL] and then Left-Click anywhere in the sentence
- To select a paragraph, Left-Click three times in the paragraph. Alternatively, Left-Click twice in the left margin next to the paragraph
- Put the text in Outline view and [CTRL]Left-Click to select random paragraphs
- To select the entire document, Left-Click three times in the left margin
- To select text vertically, you can hold down the [ALT] key and Left-Click and drag
- Left-Click at the beginning of the desired selection and Shift-Left-Click at the end to select everything in between; a few words or pages
- Use the [TAB] key to move through the form or table fields. This would apply to Access, Excel and Word, and possibly others
- Shift [Tab] to go in reverse?
- Hold down the [CTRL] key and use the left or right arrow keys to move left or right one word at a time
- Hold down the [CTRL] & Shift key at the same time while using the left or right arrow keys to select one word at a time.
- Hit [F8] to create a start point for the selection. Then as you move through the document (via any combination of clicking, arrow keys, Page Down, End, whatever) all the text between the start point and the current cursor location gets selected. Alas only works in Word
Originating Article is here.
Enjoy!
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