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Keyboard equivalent to double-click to select word
I know you can select words with CTRL+SHIFT+ R/L ARROW, but this
requires that the insertion point be at the beginning/end of the word. Can I use the keyboard to select a word regardless of where the insertion point is within the word? In other words I would like the equivalent of using the mouse to select a word by double-clicking on any part of the word. |
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Keyboard equivalent to double-click to select word
Press F8 twice. Pressing F8 once puts you into Selection Mode. Subsequent
presses of F8 will select text and it's similar to holding shift. To turn off Selection Mode, press ESC. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "livetohike" wrote in message oups.com... I know you can select words with CTRL+SHIFT+ R/L ARROW, but this requires that the insertion point be at the beginning/end of the word. Can I use the keyboard to select a word regardless of where the insertion point is within the word? In other words I would like the equivalent of using the mouse to select a word by double-clicking on any part of the word. |
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Keyboard equivalent to double-click to select word
On Aug 16, 7:35 pm, "Beth Melton" wrote:
Press F8 twice. Pressing F8 once puts you into Selection Mode. Subsequent presses of F8 will select text and it's similar to holding shift. To turn off Selection Mode, press ESC. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ:http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine:http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site:http://mvps.org/ "livetohike" wrote in message oups.com... I know you can select words with CTRL+SHIFT+ R/L ARROW, but this requires that the insertion point be at the beginning/end of the word. Can I use the keyboard to select a word regardless of where the insertion point is within the word? In other words I would like the equivalent of using the mouse to select a word by double-clicking on any part of the word. Thanks. I have never been able to incorporate the Function keys while working at the keyboard; they are just to far away I guess. I did it with a macro. |
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Keyboard equivalent to double-click to select word
That works just as well too. Glad you found a solution. :-)
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "livetohike" wrote in message ups.com... Thanks. I have never been able to incorporate the Function keys while working at the keyboard; they are just to far away I guess. I did it with a macro. |
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