Highlighting Tricks in MS Office

So you have list of names in an Excel spreadsheet or a bunch of text in a Word that you want to select to cut, paste, copy…whatever. Some often neglected functionality within Windows is the ability to highlight all the text, a contiguous or non-contiguous set of text without having to tire your clicking finger. To select all of the text on a page or worksheet, press CTRL + A. To select a contiguous set of text, highlight the first word or cell, press and hold the SHIFT key and then click on the last word or cell. All of the text in between will be selected. And finally, to select a non-contiguous set of text, highlight the first word or cell, press and hold the CTRL key and then click on the items you want. If you accidentally select something, just click on it again to de-select it. Once your set of text is high lighted, you can manipulate it however you want. So you have list of names in an Excel spreadsheet or a bunch of text in a Word that you want to select to cut, paste, copy…whatever. Some often neglected functionality within Windows is the ability to highlight all the text, a contiguous or non-contiguous set of text without having to tire your clicking finger. To select all of the text on a page or worksheet, press CTRL + A. To select a contiguous set of text, highlight the first word or cell, press and hold the SHIFT key and then click on the last word or cell. All of the text in between will be selected. And finally, to select a non-contiguous set of text, highlight the first word or cell, press and hold the CTRL key and then click on the items you want. If you accidentally select something, just click on it again to de-select it. Once your set of text is high lighted, you can manipulate it however you want.