Selecting Lots of Graphics

Summary: Need to select a lot of graphics in the document? Here's an easy way to do it using tools available on the toolbars or ribbons in Word. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)

If you have quite a few graphics on a page in Word, you may want to group them all together so they are treated as a single unit. You can select each of the individual graphic items by holding down the Shift key and clicking on each one, but there is a faster way.

If you are using Word 2007, display the Home tab of the ribbon. Click the Select tool at the right side of the ribbon, in the Editing group. From the resulting choices, click Select Objects. The mouse pointer changes to an arrow, and you can then click your mouse and drag it to define a rectangle that encloses all the objects you want selected. Anything within the rectangle is selected when you release the mouse button.

If you are using an older version of Word, simply click on the Select Objects tool on the Drawing toolbar. (The Select Objects tool is the one that looks like an arrow.) You can then click your mouse and drag it to define a rectangle that encloses all the objects you want selected.

To turn off object selection, just press the Esc key.

Tip #694 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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