Select Data

Select Data
	Chapter 2. Main Operations

Select character, word, line, sentence, paragraph, entire body text

We are able to perform operations such as copying, deleting and formatting on entire blocks of text. However, before we can do so we need to select the text we wish to operate on. Usually we refer to this as highlighting the text.

Shift + direction keys or dragging using the mouse

One way of highlighting text, is to position the cursor at the start or end of the text you wish to highlight and, while holding down the Shift key, use the navigation keys to move to the other end of the text you wish to highlight.

Another related method is to position the cursor at the start or end of the text you wish to highlight and, while holding down the left mouse button, use the mouse to position the cursor at the other end of the block of text.

Selecting text with keyboard combinations and mouse actions

Writer uses certain keyboard combinations and mouse actions to select clearly defined blocks of text such as words and paragraphs. These are shown in the following table.

To select	Action
A word	Double click on the word
To the end of the current line	Shift + End
To the start of the current line	Shift + Home
Current line	Triple click on any word in the line
Paragraph	Click at the start of the paragraph, hold down the Shift key and click at the end of the paragraph.
Any block of text	Click at the start of the block, hold down the Shift key and click at the end of the block.
Sentence	Click at the start of the sentence, hold down the Shift key and click at the end of the sentence.
To the end of the document	Shift + Ctrl + End
To the start of the document	Shift + Ctrl + Home
Entire document	Ctrl+A