alt/click in word used to only apply to vertical highlighting of text. now
in 2003, alt/click also brings up a window titled 'research' that i can not
find a way to turn off, and does not allow vertical highlighting. i know i
can also use ctrl/shift f8 and the arrow keys to do a vertical highlight, but
when i am trying to vertically highlight text on 62 pages, it takes a long
time to scroll thru to the bottom of 62 pages. all i need is a way to turn
off the research feature/pane. thanks.

I don't have any problem using Alt+drag to column-select. The trick is not
to "click." Press the mouse firmly and do not let up on it quickly.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"kslong" wrote in message
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alt/click in word used to only apply to vertical highlighting of text.
now
in 2003, alt/click also brings up a window titled 'research' that i can
not
find a way to turn off, and does not allow vertical highlighting. i know
i
can also use ctrl/shift f8 and the arrow keys to do a vertical highlight,
but
when i am trying to vertically highlight text on 62 pages, it takes a long
time to scroll thru to the bottom of 62 pages. all i need is a way to
turn
off the research feature/pane. thanks.

thank you, waiting to release the mouse button does seem to work! but why
did microsoft assign two features to alt/click? just doesn't make any sense
to me, and having to slow down in this 'pentium 4' world is tough!! thanks
again for your help.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I don't have any problem using Alt+drag to column-select. The trick is not
to "click." Press the mouse firmly and do not let up on it quickly.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"kslong" wrote in message
...
alt/click in word used to only apply to vertical highlighting of text.
now
in 2003, alt/click also brings up a window titled 'research' that i can
not
find a way to turn off, and does not allow vertical highlighting. i know
i
can also use ctrl/shift f8 and the arrow keys to do a vertical highlight,
but
when i am trying to vertically highlight text on 62 pages, it takes a long
time to scroll thru to the bottom of 62 pages. all i need is a way to
turn
off the research feature/pane. thanks.

Click and drag are different actions.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"kslong39" wrote in message
...
thank you, waiting to release the mouse button does seem to work! but why
did microsoft assign two features to alt/click? just doesn't make any
sense
to me, and having to slow down in this 'pentium 4' world is tough!!
thanks
again for your help.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I don't have any problem using Alt+drag to column-select. The trick is
not
to "click." Press the mouse firmly and do not let up on it quickly.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"kslong" wrote in message
...
alt/click in word used to only apply to vertical highlighting of text.
now
in 2003, alt/click also brings up a window titled 'research' that i
can
not
find a way to turn off, and does not allow vertical highlighting. i
know
i
can also use ctrl/shift f8 and the arrow keys to do a vertical
highlight,
but
when i am trying to vertically highlight text on 62 pages, it takes a
long
time to scroll thru to the bottom of 62 pages. all i need is a way to
turn
off the research feature/pane. thanks.