Selecting the Entire Document with the Mouse

Summary: Want a quick way to select your entire document without taking your hand off of the mouse? Try clicking away using the technique described in this tip. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)

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. (Make sure you don't click the mouse yet.) 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 | 2007

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