Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Word 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Word, click here: Selecting the Entire Document with the Mouse.
If you need to select the entire document, you can do so with the mouse by following these steps:
Another way to do this is to simply triple-click the left mouse button after step 1.
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2014-01-17 06:47:59
Aliya
it was useful for me.
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