22nd February 2001
Oh, we all know that the universal shortcut for selecting all the text and graphics in a document is CTRL+A. What?! You didn't know that? Well, yeah. That's the story. You know you could be more selective in your selection? Sure. At least, in Microsoft Word. Tap your F8 key the first time to turn on this feature; move your cursor right or left to select a single character. Now, press F8 a second time to select the entire word. Third time's the charm; F8 tap number three will select the sentence. Four F8 punches knocks out the paragraph. And if you want the whole enchilada... er, document... hit F8 five times. Reverse the process by keeping the SHIFT key depressed (just tell it the story of how you used to get beat up in grade school).