Select Text for Editing

Portions of text may be selected to perform some operations on them. Such operations include deleting, cutting, copying, and printing.

Using the keyboard

A selection is marked using the same keys you use to move the cursor. Simply hold down either Shift key while you do and you see the selected text turn white on black.

Using the mouse

1 Click at the beginning of the text you want to select

2 While holding down the left mouse button

3 Drag the mouse to where the selection should end

4 Release the mouse button

When you move the cursor the selection will be cancelled.

Typing when a selection is active will replace the selection with the typed text.

The selection may then be

Deleted

Copied

Cut

Moved in the document or to another document

Printed

Saved

Read


Note

You cannot have selections with 'white', unselected gaps in them.

Drag and Drop editing can be disabled if you want by using the menu item ‘Options -> Enable Drag / Drop’

Tip

To quickly select all the text in a document, hit Ctrl+A.