Tip #4013 - Taking Control of Selections in Word XP
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Taking
Control of Selections in Word XP
I'm sure most of you
know that the Ctrl key can be a very powerful tool when highlighting non-adjacent
items in a list or cells in MS Excel.
And I would also venture
to say that at some point, you've been very frustrated with MS Word, because
it just does not cooperate in the same way on this issue.
Word only wants to
highlight consecutive pieces of text, which leads to a lot of repetitive
work, as you have to keep going back and forth to copy or move the sections
of text.
Well, beginning with
Word XP, you can now save a bit of time and energy.
You will find that
the Ctrl key will now allow you to highlight non-adjacent sections of
text in Word in the same way you can highlight non-adjacent cells in Excel.
Simply highlight
the first bit of text, hold down the Ctrl key
and use the mouse pointer to highlight the next section of text.
As long as you hold down the Ctrl key, you can keep adding pieces to the
pile.
When it's all been
highlighted, you're free to proceed with the usual work (copy or cut and
paste, formatting, whatever you need). Only the parts of the text that
are highlighted will be affected by the changes. Everything in between
will be left as is.
It's time to take
"control" of Word!
~ April
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