

Hold down CTRL while you select any additional text or item in a table that you want. For example, you can select a paragraph on one page and a sentence on a different page. You can select text or items in a table that are not next to each other. In the Table group, click Select, and then click Select Table. To select the contents of cells, rows, or columns that are not next to each other, click in the first cell, row, or column, press CTRL, and then click the additional cells, rows, or columns that contain the content that you want to select.Ĭlick in the table. The contents of multiple cells, rows, or columnsĬlick in a cell, a row, or a column and then hold the left mouse button down while you drag across all the cells, rows, or columns that contain the content that you want to select. In the Table group, click Select, and then click Select Column. In the Table group, click Select, and then click Select Row.Ĭlick in the column. In the Table group, click Select, and then click Select Cell.Ĭlick in the row. Move the pointer over the border of the frame or text box until the pointer becomes a four-headed arrow, and then click.Ĭlick in the cell. Hold down ALT while you drag the pointer over the text.

Move the pointer to the left of the header or footer until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then click.Ĭlick the footnote or endnote text, move the pointer to the left of the text until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then click. In Print Layout view, double-click the dimmed header or footer text. Move the pointer to the left of any text until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then triple-click. Move the pointer to the left of the first paragraph until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then press and hold down the left mouse button while you drag the pointer up or down.Ĭlick at the start of the selection, scroll to the end of the selection, and then hold down SHIFT while you click where you want the selection to end. Hold down CTRL, and then click anywhere in the sentence. Move the pointer to the left of the line until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then click. Move the pointer to the left of any text until it turns into a right-pointing arrow, and then triple-click.Ĭlick where you want to begin the selection, hold down the left mouse button, and then drag the pointer over the text that you want to select.

On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Select, and then click Select All. Notes: To select an entire document, do one of the following:
