How to Select Text in MS Word

How to Select Text in MS Word Complete Information

Before we cut or copy any word / word group in an MS Word document, we have to select them. Then those words/word groups can be cut/paste.

We have explained step-by-step below about selecting a word or group of words in MS Word. So let’s select a word or group of words in MS Word.

In MS Word, a word/word group can be selected in many ways. In this tutorial, we are telling you how to select words/word group in MS Word in 3 ways.

• Selecting via Home Tab
• Selecting by Keyboard
• select with mouse

1- Selecting Word by Home Tab

Step: #1

First of all open MS Word.

Step: #2

After opening MS Word, you have to write something in it. If nothing is already written in it.

Step: #3

After typing, you have to go to the Home Tab from the Menu Bar. You have to go to its Editing Group.

Step: #4

Here you have to click on Select. After clicking on it, three options will open in front of you. First Select All Second, Select Objects and Third, Select Text with Similar Formatting. Out of these, you click on the first one i.e. Select All. And your typed word/word group will be selected.

Step: #5

Above you can see that all the text written in MS Word has been selected. After being selected, your text will also show like this.

2- Selecting by Keyboard

Words in MS Word can also be selected through the keyboard. To select from the keyboard, you have to use some keyboard shortcuts. Follow the steps given below to select from keyboard.

Step: #1

First of all, the word or line you want to select. Click there with the mouse. This is done to bring the Mouse Cursor to that line or word. Which one to select.

Step: #2

After this, you select the word / word group by using Left and Right Aero Keys with Shift Key. Or you can also select the entire paragraph. Keep in mind one thing here that you have to hold down the Shift key.

Step: #3

If you press CTRL + A from the keyboard, then the entire MS Word document will be selected simultaneously.

3- Selecting by Mouse

You can also select a single word or entire paragraph of an MS Word document with the mouse. This is a wonderful trick. By which you can save a lot of time. For this you just have to click with the mouse. Follow the steps given below about selecting with mouse.

Step: #1

By moving the Mouse Cursor over the word you want to select, click 2 times (Double Click) quickly. By doing this that word will be selected.

Step: #2

If you want to select Paragraph. So for this, by moving the Mouse Cursor over that paragraph, quickly click 3 times (Triple Click) with the mouse. By doing this, the entire paragraph will be selected simultaneously.

What have you learned ?

In this tutorial, we have told you how to select a word or group of words in MS Word. You have known many ways to select in MS Word. We hope that this tutorial has been useful for you.

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