Selecting and deselecting text or graphics

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.



Deselecting text blocks or graphics

Use any of the following methods to deselect text blocks or graphics.



Selecting text in text blocks

You can select text in a text block to edit, delete, or replace it.

  1. Click the text block.

    Handles appear around the text block.

  2. Click at the point in the text block where you want to select text.

  3. You can use the following techniques to select text in a text block:

    Note The point where you click in the text block is called the insertion point. The mouse pointer is an I-beam shape.

    Do this ... To ...
    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.


See also
Editing text
Deleting text blocks or graphics
Using the mouse
Keyboard shortcuts