Tip #4426 - Select Them All
Printer Friendly Version | E-Mail This Tip
Select
Them All
Did you know that
in MS PowerPoint, you can select several objects with just one click
and drag of your mouse?
By replacing the
old "Shift + mouse click (repeated over and over on each individual
object) routine," we have the lovely and wonderful one click
and drag option instead!
Most people are
aware of this neat little trick on the desktop. You know, where you
click on the desktop, hold down the left mouse button and
drag. A dotted line rectangle is then drawn and everything
in the rectangle is selected once you release the mouse button.
Well, as I was
working on a PowerPoint presentation the other day, I accidentally
figured out that I didn't need to waste all that time holding down
the Shift key and selecting each item individually. I had something
like 30 separate text boxes and was frustrated with all the selecting.
In my fit of frustration, I clicked and dragged a rectangle and much
to my surprise, all of the objects in the rectangle were instantly
selected. Yeah!
I tried this in
Word and got nowhere, but for those of you who use PowerPoint with
a lot of different objects, this is a huge timesaver!
Give it a whirl.
You might just save yourself some time and frustration!
~ April
P.S. - Just as
a quick note here: I did find that you must have the object completely
in the rectangle for this to work. If an object is only partially
in the rectangle, it will not be selected.
Want To Comment On This Tip? Click Here! We'd love to hear from you :-)
Like These Tips? Get 'Em Free In Your E-mail
