[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

F8 was mentioned in an earlier post in this thread; I wouldn't have
remembered it myself since I never use this feature.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Kokomojo" wrote in message
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That's it Suzanne. I wasn't aware of the F8 key. Thanks so much!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You are correct that EXT is not available for turning Extend Selection
on;
for that you need F8. But once it is on, you will see Extend Selection in
the Status Bar, and you can select text by clicking the mouse just as you
describe. Double-clicking on Extend Selection turns the mode off. I
wonder
if it was just an oversight that no way of turning it on via the Status
Bar
was provided.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Kokomojo" wrote in message
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Thank you, Suzanne, for replying.

Yes, of course I've tried this. If I hold the shift key, I can extend
the
selection with the mouse.

What I'm talking about is simply turning on EXTend selection. You
click
once at the beginning of the text selection with the mouse, you click
once
at
the end of the text selection. No shift key is necessary. In Word
2003,
the
EXT replaced the Shift key.

I am still seeing nothing on my Word 2007 Status Bar when I check
Selection
Mode. I see other things like Insert/Overtype, Spelling and Grammar
Check,
Zoom, Caps Lock, etc. I'm baffled.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

That method still works in Word 2007. Have you tried it?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Kokomojo" wrote in message
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That's not exactly true. I do not see Extend Selection in the
Status
Bar
in
Word 2007 at home or at work.

In Word 2003, when one activated the EXT mode, it REPLACED the need
to
use
the arrow keys. One simply clicked on the mouse to begin the
selection
and
clicked further into the document to EXTend the selection.

Thanks for replying.

"Michelle Mathews" wrote:

The Selection Mode is the EXT mode from Word 2003. Turn on
Selection
Mode
from the status bar and use the arrow keys to extend the selection.
When
you
turn this on you will see Extend Selection appear in the Status
Bar.
Alternatively press F8 and use the arrow keys to extend the
selection.
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Regards

Michelle Mathews
MCT, MCASI, MMI, IC3 AI, JEB TDip ITS, JEB TDip ITA, MITBTI


"Kokomojo" wrote:

When one right-clicks on the Word 2007 Status Bar, there is
"Selection
Mode"
in the list of options. What does this do?

Also, what happened to the EXT (Extend Selection) that as in Word
2003?

Thanks!