Wastebasket: Did you ever try to select a large block of material in Word with your mouse, only to have it run away wildly and uncontrollably? You might have wanted to change the attributes of some text, such as an underline or bold, or you might have wanted to block off an area in order to count the words in a certain section.
There are ways to tame your mouse. First, check your page layout selections � either in the View menu or with the tiny icons on the horizontal scroll bar. Many translators and editors like to work in Print Layout view, where they can see footnotes, nice thick page breaks, page numbers, and more. However, each time the mouse crosses that page break while in Print Layout view, you can expect to lose control.
Switch to Normal view, and you suddenly have more control over the mouse.
Want to handle that problem? Click the top of the area to be selected, then F8, then click the bottom of the area to be selected. You�ll have full control.
Want another way? Click the top of the area to be selected, then hold the Shift key and lean on the Up or Down arrow. Stop when you�ve selected the right amount.
Selecting text has just become precise.
However, be careful. Text that is selected will be deleted as soon as you start typing. Be sure to unselect the text before continuing your work. If you do delete the material, just click on the Undo icon on top of your screen.
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