Do Not use the Ctrl key while you make your first selection. Just click to
the left of the line, then Ctrl+Click to select the additional lines.

Ctrl+Clicking in the left margin (Selection Area) is a shortcut for Select
All if no line/paragraph is selected first.

HTH |:)

"anonymous" wrote:

How can I select paragraphs (lines) that are not next to each other (to apply
the same format)? Before I was able to use CTRL key and select anything I
wanted in different parts of the document. Now that the Windows were updated
to XP (used to be 2000) but I still have Office 2000, I cannot use this
shortcut anymore. Right now, if I select a line, then hold CTRL key and try
to click somewhere else in the text, the whole text gets selected.
Does anyone have any suggestions how to get this option back (so I can use
CTRL key to select text in the various parts of the document)?

Many thanks,
anonymous