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In other issues of WordTips you learn how to use the mouse, in conjunction with the keyboard, to select a sentence. You can also use the keyboard and mouse to select a group of sequential words in your document. To do this, simply follow these two steps:
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2014-12-04 08:36:52
James Woolsey
One of the weirder selection "tricks" is to hold down the ALT key, then drag and select some text VERTICALLY, which is a block of text.
You can then apply formatting to it from a menu.
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