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If you are using a mouse, Word provides a shortcut to select an entire word. To do this, follow these two steps:
If you want to select additional words, hold down the mouse button after the second click and drag the mouse across them. Word adds one word at a time to your selection. Once the words are selected, you can do any other editing function on those words.
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2014-07-18 13:46:09
Marlene Blough
On my macbook without a mouse, I can do the same by selecting the first word then immediately hitting command and holding it down for selecting succeeding words.
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