Basic Text Formatting

Selecting and Moving Text Around

To copy, paste, cut, or apply style changes to text, you must first select it. Word lets you select text in several ways:

• To select a single line in the document:
  1. Move the pointer to the extreme left of the screen, until it looks like
  2. Click once. On touchpad, tap twice to the left of the line.
• To select a whole paragraph, triple-click over it.
• To select multiple lines:
  1. At the top of text, move the pointer to the extreme left of the screen, until it looks like
  2. Click, hold, and drag the pointer down until all text is highlighted.
• To select just several words:
  1. Position pointer to the left of the first letter to highlight.
  2. Click, hold, and drag to the right until the group of words is highlighted.