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Kathleen DeLander
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- I've been teaching computer programs to adults for the last 23 years. I'm having a great time using more internet tools for teaching. Approval for distance learning classes is slow in coming, so I told the students in one of my classes that I would teach them a class for free in a month, as long as they gave me input. I'm teaching some adult learners how to use Audacity (My first entirely online class). It's fun creating the podcasts, presentations, guides and videos for my educational blog, but I wish there were some more people taking the class. I want feedback!
MS Word Selecting and Moving Text Shortcuts
Knowing how to select text quickly is very important, because many commands begin by selecting the text that you want to effect. Remember: You’ve got to select what you want to effect!
Some of these selection tips involve clicking in the left margin area of the document. The best way to do this is to be in Print Layout view (View, Print Layout). That will give you a large left margin to use. (It’s also the best way view to use to see what will actually be printed when you want to print your document.)
* Ctrl, Home moves the cursor to the top of the document.
* Ctrl, End moves the cursor to the bottom of the document.
* Press the Home key to go to the start of a line; press the End key to go to the end of a line.
* Page Up moves up one screen.
* Page Down moves down one screen.
* The direction keys will move one space (or row) in their direction.
* Clicking once on a word lets you edit the word at that point.
* Double-clicking a word will select the entire word.
* Triple-clicking a word will select the paragraph containing the word.
* Holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on a word will select an entire sentence.
* Clicking once in the left margin will select a line.
* Double-clicking in the left margin will select a paragraph.
Triple-clicking in the left margin will select the entire document.
* Holding down the Ctrl key and pressing a left arrow or right direction arrow will jump one word. Keep holding down the Ctrl key and you can jump over several words as you keep tapping the direction arrow. Holding down the Shift key at the same time will let you select them at the same time.
* Hold down your Ctrl key and you can select non-contiguous text. (That’s text that’s not touching).
* To select a large section of text, click once where you want to start your selection, scroll to where you want to end your selection, hold down the Shift key, then click where you want the selection to end.
* Note: If you need to adjust the selection a little, don’t start over! Instead, hold down on the Shift key as you use the direction keys to add or subtract to your selection.
Tip: Hold down the Shift key while moving, to select text at the same time, or while you are using navigating keys (like Ctrl End), as well.
I made a song about highlighting (selecting) large amounts of text. You can hear it at my podcast website: http://www.gcast.com/u/spooferkd
(Stop the streaming audio, then select the Computer - Highlighting Song)
Knowing how to select text quickly is very important, because many commands begin by selecting the text that you want to effect. Remember: You’ve got to select what you want to effect!
Some of these selection tips involve clicking in the left margin area of the document. The best way to do this is to be in Print Layout view (View, Print Layout). That will give you a large left margin to use. (It’s also the best way view to use to see what will actually be printed when you want to print your document.)
* Ctrl, Home moves the cursor to the top of the document.
* Ctrl, End moves the cursor to the bottom of the document.
* Press the Home key to go to the start of a line; press the End key to go to the end of a line.
* Page Up moves up one screen.
* Page Down moves down one screen.
* The direction keys will move one space (or row) in their direction.
* Clicking once on a word lets you edit the word at that point.
* Double-clicking a word will select the entire word.
* Triple-clicking a word will select the paragraph containing the word.
* Holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on a word will select an entire sentence.
* Clicking once in the left margin will select a line.
* Double-clicking in the left margin will select a paragraph.
Triple-clicking in the left margin will select the entire document.
* Holding down the Ctrl key and pressing a left arrow or right direction arrow will jump one word. Keep holding down the Ctrl key and you can jump over several words as you keep tapping the direction arrow. Holding down the Shift key at the same time will let you select them at the same time.
* Hold down your Ctrl key and you can select non-contiguous text. (That’s text that’s not touching).
* To select a large section of text, click once where you want to start your selection, scroll to where you want to end your selection, hold down the Shift key, then click where you want the selection to end.
* Note: If you need to adjust the selection a little, don’t start over! Instead, hold down on the Shift key as you use the direction keys to add or subtract to your selection.
Tip: Hold down the Shift key while moving, to select text at the same time, or while you are using navigating keys (like Ctrl End), as well.
I made a song about highlighting (selecting) large amounts of text. You can hear it at my podcast website: http://www.gcast.com/u/spooferkd
(Stop the streaming audio, then select the Computer - Highlighting Song)
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