I am cross-posting the entire conversation in the original newsgroup and in
two other newsgroups:

microsoft.public.office.misc
and
microsoft.public.word.newusers

In hopes someone can answer the question,
"How does one select items that aren't next to each other in a Microsoft
Word 2003 document"


Barry Karas wrote:
moving my mouse over the text
I used to have a program that allowed me to mark/highlight more than
one item at a time. What is it?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
I am not you nor do I know what you are talking about..

Mark/highlight more than what type of item at a time?

On a printout? You have two hands - get two highlighters..
(Seriously - we need more information on what you are trying to
mark/highlight..)

Usually holding down SHIFT or CTRL while highlighting - depending on
if the items you want to mark are sequential or not..

Barry Karas wrote:
Sorry I wasn't clear.

In a message, if I want to erase some texct I mark it (by moving my
mouse oner the text I want to remove while depressiong the left
button) and then prfess the Delete key. If I wanted to delete more
than one text section (and the sections are not contiguous) I would
mark all text sections amnd then press the Delete key.

How would I mark more than omne text section?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
Still left out vital information... What application in particular? Far as
I know - you are using AmiPro for your word processing. heh

Repeating what I said before....

Usually holding down SHIFT or CTRL while highlighting - depending on
if the items you want to mark are sequential or not..
(CTRL is non-sequential)

Barry Karas wrote:
You're stuck in ancient history: Since I get a personal computer every
three
or four years - like most people - and reasonably current word-processing
programs are already on them. I use MS Word 2003. It works pretty well for
me and I do not want to change it (too much).

I was not "stuck" anywhere - you were leaving out information.

If I *assumed* what you were using - that would be an incorrect action -
especially since I do not know you and you are posting on a world-wide
medium.. I do not know that you get a new computer every three to four
years. Most people do NOT get a new computer every three to four years.
Most people do not even have a computer. Sure - most middle-class or above
people in the United States may have one or more computers - and you may be
that type - but since that would be another assumption I would have to jump
to with no evidence - I did not do it. (And there are many different levels
of middle-class dependent on where one lives - so your assumption about how
I should assume is mistaken - not my fact that you left out some pretty
vital information. *grin*)

I work in this industry - I see what people keep. I know of large
companies/world-class universities/etc that have Windows NT 4.0 servers and
still have some users on Windows 98. If I was to assume anything - it would
be that you are further behind than you actually are - not "up-to-date" -
which you seem to be in this case.

According to the BUILT-IN help of Office 2003..
__________
You can select text and graphics by using the mouse or the keyboard,
including items that aren't next to each other. For example, you can select
a paragraph on page one and a sentence on page three.

Microsoft Word provides additional methods for selecting items in a table,
drawing objects, or text in outline view (outline view: A view that shows
the headings of a document indented to represent their level in the
document's structure. You can also use outline view to work with master
documents.).

Select items that aren't next to each other
1. Select the first item you want, such as a table cell (cell: A box formed
by the intersection of a row and column in a worksheet or a table, in which
you enter information.) or paragraph.
2. Hold down CTRL.
3. Select any additional items you want while continuing to hold CTRL.

** Note -- You can only select multiple objects of the same type, such as
two or more text selections or two or more floating (floating object: A
graphic or other object that is inserted in the drawing layer so that you
can position it precisely on the page or in front of or behind text or other
objects.) graphics, that aren't next to each other.
__________

I found this by typing this while in Word 2003s help:
"select multiple lines of text"
And choosing the help topic with the title "Select Text and Graphics".

HOWEVER - it seems to be WRONG. I, indeed, cannot select multiple parts of
a line or document. I even typed out a 5 line document (This is line one.
{ENTER} This is line two. {ENTER} etc..) and tried it - so that they would
all be the same type *for sure* and tried to highlight the words that
represented numbers in each line only. Nope - not happening.

So now - after trying it on several systems with Office 2003 - I am left
wondering the same thing as you..

How does one select items that aren't next to each other in a Word 2003
document - even given that those items are of the same type and even if you
are/are not in "Outline View"?

A Google search for that lead me to:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286789
and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/275969
and
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/as...565691033.aspx

Which are all for Office XP, but still said the same thing I had found in
the built-in help and support of Office 2003.

Finally, I found this:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/as...896041033.aspx

Which *is* for Word 2003. It *is* the same help I have inside Word 2003.

It doesn't work for me. WTH?!

Anyone?

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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