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Selecting text with your mouse in MS-Office and MS-Word is easy and efficient. I personally enjoy using a mouse because it allows me to use the keyboard for typing and as I think, I write. When I stop writing and perform a text selection activity with the mouse, this gives my mind a temporary rest and over time, you will learn the different commands that can be summoned with your mouse. This will allow you to work on your computer with a nice balance between writing and “mouse editing”. The following table gives eight techniques you can apply toward selecting text with your mouse:

1. Word or Single-Element: Simply double-click the word.

2. Sentence: Press the Control button and click in the sentence somewhere.

3. Paragraph: Triple-click your mouse within the desired paragraph.

4. Entire Line: In the Selection Bar, point at a line and click once.

5. Noncontinguous Selection: Select the item, hold the Control button, and then select additional text as needed.

6. Large Block of Text: Click at the beginning of the text and scroll your mouse until the end of the selection you need to select. This is the most common text-selection by mouse practice.

7. Vertical Block of Text: Press the Alt button and then drag your mouse over the text you wish to select.

8. Entire Document: Triple-click in the Selection Bar or hold the Control button and click once in the Selection Bar. This will successfully select the entire document. Of course if you have evolving mouse skills, you can always select the Select option in the File Menu and then click on the Down button and click “all”.

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