Select, Edit, and Delete Text

You may use your mouse to select text. You may select as little as one character, or you may select the entire document.

To Select:	Do this:
Any amount of text	Click and drag over the text.
A word	Double-click the word.
A line of text	Move the pointer to the left of the line until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then click.
Multiple lines of text	Move the pointer to the left of the lines (over in the left margin) until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then drag up or down.
A sentence	Hold down the CTRL key, and then click anywhere in the sentence.
A paragraph	Move the pointer to the left of the paragraph (over in the left margin) until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then double-click. You may also triple-click anywhere in the paragraph.
Multiple paragraphs	Move the pointer to the left of the paragraphs (over in the left margin) until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then double-click and drag up or down.
A large block of text	Click at the start of the selection, scroll to the end of the selection, and then hold down SHIFT and click.
An entire document	Move the pointer to the left of any document text (over in the left margin) until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then triple-click.
Headers and footers	Go to the Insert Tab, and choose the Header and Footer Group. Click on the drop down arrow next to the Header (or Footer) icon and choose Edit Header (or footer). You may also double-click the dimmed header or footer text, then move the pointer to the left of the header or footer (over in the left margin) until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then click.
Comments, footnotes, endnotes	Click in the pane, move the pointer to the left of the text until it changes to a right-pointing arrow(over in the left margin), and then triple-click.
A vertical block of text	Hold down Alt, and then drag over the text.

After you select a block of text, you may:

Action	How
Replace text	Type new information
Delete text	Press the delete key
Change the appearance of text	Format the text as desired
Move text	Drag the text to a new location