Tip #4798 - Shifty Highlighting Printer Friendly Version | E-Mail This Tip
Shifty
Highlighting
What's the first
thing you need to do to format, move or copy text?
Highlight it,
of course!
Which, as we all
know, is easy enough to do with the mouse, but for those of you who
truly prefer the keyboard, it can be a pain.
That is, until
now!
The whole secret
behind highlighting with the keyboard is the Shift key.
The Shift key?
Yep, it's all
in the Shift.
Here's a list
of key combinations that address all of your highlighting needs:
-
Shift
+ left or right arrow will highlight one letter.
-
Shift
+ Ctrl + left or right arrow will highlight one word.
-
Shift
+ up or down arrow will highlight one line of text.
-
Shift
+ Ctrl + up or down arrow will highlight one paragraph
at a time, starting from the cursor's current location.
-
In
MS Excel: Shift + arrow will highlight one cell at a time
or, if used in a combination, blocks of cells.
-
Shift
+ Home will highlight from the cursor to the beginning
of the line.
-
Shift
+ Ctrl + Home will highlight from the cursor to the top
of the document.
-
Shift
+ End will highlight from the cursor to the end of the
line.
-
Shift
+ Ctrl + End will highlight from the cursor to the end
of the document.
-
Shift
+ Page Up or Page Down will highlight one screen.
Well, there you
have it! I know that's quite a list to learn, so I'll let you get
right to it. Enjoy!
~ April
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