Q&A

What does it mean to select the text?

What does it mean to select the text?

Selecting is highlighting text or picking an object. For example, you can select text to copy, cut, or move that text to an alternate location or select a file you want to view.

How do you select the text?

To select a single word, quickly double-click that word. To select a line of text, place your cursor at the start of the line, and press Shift + down arrow. To select a paragraph, place your cursor at the start of the paragraph, and press Ctrl + Shift + down arrow.

How do you select a sentence?

To select a sentence (not just a line), hold down [Ctrl] and click any place within the sentence. To select a block of text, click at one end of the block. Then, hold down the [Shift] key and click a second time at the opposite end of the block.

How do I select all text in word?

How to Select All Text with Similar Formatting in Microsoft Word

  1. Select some text in your document that represents the formatting you want to change.
  2. On the Home tab, click the Editing group button > Select > Select All Text With Similar Formatting.
  3. Apply a different style or change the formatting for the selected text.

What is the function of Ctrl M?

In Microsoft Word and other word processor programs, pressing Ctrl + M indents the paragraph. If you press this keyboard shortcut more than once, it continues to indent further. For example, you could hold down the Ctrl and press M three times to indent the paragraph by three units.

How do you select text on iPhone?

To select text, do any of the following:

  1. Select a word: Double-tap with one finger.
  2. Select a paragraph: Triple-tap with one finger.
  3. Select a block of text: Double-tap and hold the first word in the block, then drag to the last word.

Which is the Del key?

The keyboard key used to delete the text character at, or to the right of, the screen cursor. Pressing Delete (DEL) also deletes the currently highlighted text, image or group of images. The Delete key removes characters to the right of the cursor, whereas the Backspace key deletes to the left. See Backspace key.

What are three ways to remove text?

  1. Open the document.
  2. Move the mouse cursor to the margin, left of the line of text you want to delete. The cursor should look like an arrow slanted to the right.
  3. Press the left mouse button to highlight the entire line of text.
  4. Press Backspace or Delete to delete the line of text.