Computer Basics

Keyboard Conventions

Selecting text

Selecting text using the keyboard

Holding Shift, while moving the cursor, selects text. If you incorporate Shift with  Ctrl the mouse to select by specific increments. Using both keys together, selects text while moving.

To select...
the entire document
one character  Left

Right

one word Left

Right
+
+
one line - Up or Down
or 
one paragraph - Up

Down
+
+
To select from the Cursor's position to the...
Left margin 
Right margin 
Top of the screen 
Bottom of the screen 
Top of previous page
+
Top of the next page 
+
Top of document 
+
End of document 
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