I have forgotten how to select a column from within a text paragraph. There
is a key combination with the arrows to select the column width and the
highlight can them be confined to a defined X & Y column for formatting.
Problem arises as by-product of using Microsoft's Document Scanning which
does not apparently allow one to select columns to scan.

Assuming that you are referring to table columns, you can do the
following: Press Alt+PageUp to go the first cell in the current
column, and then press Alt+Shift+PageDown to select the column. For
more, see:

Keyboard shortcuts for Word
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...866641033.aspx

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Big Mountain" wrote in message
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I have forgotten how to select a column from within a text
paragraph. There
is a key combination with the arrows to select the column width and
the
highlight can them be confined to a defined X & Y column for
formatting.
Problem arises as by-product of using Microsoft's Document Scanning
which
does not apparently allow one to select columns to scan.

I don't fully understand what you are asking. Could it be that pressing Alt
and then selecting text with the mouse is what you're after?

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Enjoy,
Tony


"Big Mountain" Big wrote in message
...
I have forgotten how to select a column from within a text paragraph.
There
is a key combination with the arrows to select the column width and the
highlight can them be confined to a defined X & Y column for formatting.
Problem arises as by-product of using Microsoft's Document Scanning which
does not apparently allow one to select columns to scan.

Alt+drag. In Word 2003, be careful to hold the mouse button down long enough
to prevent its being interpreted as a click, since Alt+click opens the
Research pane.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Big Mountain" Big wrote in message
...
I have forgotten how to select a column from within a text paragraph.
There
is a key combination with the arrows to select the column width and the
highlight can them be confined to a defined X & Y column for formatting.
Problem arises as by-product of using Microsoft's Document Scanning which
does not apparently allow one to select columns to scan.