Selecting the Entire Document with the Mouse

Summary: The mouse is used in Word to accomplish many editing and formatting tasks. Want to select a Word? Just double-click. Select a paragraph? Triple click. What about selecting the entire document, however? This tip explains where to click to select everything in the document. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003.)

If you need to select the entire document, you can do so with the mouse by following these steps:

Move the mouse pointer to the left of the paragraphs in your document. The pointer changes to an arrow pointing up and to the right.
Hold down the Ctrl key.
Click the left mouse button.

Another way to do this is to simply triple-click the left mouse button after step 1.

Tip #4 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

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