Before you can modify text or graphics in a presentation, you must indicate the data with which you want to work. For example, you can select a single text block or graphic to change its properties.
A text block or graphic must be selected before you can work with it. An object is selected when it has handles (small squares) around it.
Use any of the following methods to select data:
When you click in the action bar or in a menu, your choice is applied only to selected text blocks or graphics. For example, when you click Cut in the action bar, only selected text or graphics are cut from the page.
Use any of the following methods to deselect text blocks or graphics.
You can select text in a text block to edit, delete, or replace it.
Note The point where you click in the text block is called the insertion point. The mouse pointer is an I-beam shape.
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Drag the mouse over text | Select any amount of text in the text block. |
Double-click | Select the entire word under the I-beam pointer. |
SHIFT+click | Select all text between the insertion point and the I-beam pointer. |
SHIFT+double-click | Select all text between the insertion point and the entire word the I-beam pointer is over. |
SHIFT+HOME | Select all the text from the insertion point to the beginning of the line. |
SHIFT+END | Select all the text from the insertion point to the end of the line. |
SHIFT+ right-arrow or left arrow | Add or take away one character at a time to or from the selection. |
SHIFT+ up-arrow or SHIFT+ down-arrow | Select or deselect all text between the insertion point and the corresponding location in the line above or below. |