Select all keys. Hot keys on the keyboard - assignment of various combinations. Selecting text by words

Drag the mouse to highlight text in Microsoft Word requires the precision of a jeweler. I prefer to use a combination of Ctrl, Shift and arrow keys to select text, which is much faster than using the mouse.

How to highlight text using the keyboard

To select text using the keyboard, move the cursor to its original position using the arrow keys, while holding down the Shift key, press an arrow key in the direction you want to highlight. Once everything you want is selected, release the Shift key.

If you want to highlight one word, press CTRL+Shift, and then press the left or right arrow button.

If you want to select an entire line, move the cursor to the beginning of the line while holding down the Shift key, and then press the Down or Up arrow key.

If you want to select all the text by pressing the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + A.

How to Select Text Using the Keyboard and Mouse

Use your keyboard and mouse to move the cursor to where you want to start the selection, hold down the Shift key, and then click where you want to end the selection.

Working with Words

Whether you're typing in a browser or writing in a word processor, there are handy keyboard shortcuts used in almost every application. You can copy, highlight, or delete entire words and paragraphs with just a few taps.

Ctrl+left arrow– moving the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.

Ctrl+right arrow– move the cursor to the beginning of the next word

Ctrl+delete– delete the next word.

Ctrl+up arrow– move the cursor to the beginning of the paragraph.

Ctrl+down arrow– move the cursor to the end of the paragraph.

Moving the cursor

The CTRL key can also be combined with the Home and End keys.

Home– move the cursor to the beginning of the current line.

End– moves the cursor to the end of the current line.

Ctrl+Home– move the cursor to the beginning of the text input field.

Ctrl+End– move the cursor at the bottom of the text entry field.

Select Text

Shift+left or right– select a symbol at the same time.

Shift+up or down arrow keys– select rows one by one.

Shift+Ctrl+left or right arrow– select words – continue to press the arrow keys to select additional words.

Shift+Ctrl+up or down arrow keys– select items.

Shift+Home– select the text between the cursor and the beginning of the current line.

Shift+End– select the text between the cursor and the end of the current line.

Shift+Ctrl+Home– select the text between the cursor and the beginning of the text entry field.

Shift+Ctrl+End– select the text between the cursor and the end of the text entry field.

Ctrl+A– select all text.

After selecting text, you can immediately start typing to replace the text - you don't have to click delete first.

Select text using the mouse key

Double-clicking a word selects a word, and triple-clicking a word selects a full line or paragraph of text.

Editing

You can really speed up text editing by using the Ctrl keyboard shortcut to copy and paste text.

Ctrl+C– copy selected text.

Ctrl+X– cut selected text.

Ctrl+V– Insert text at the cursor position.

Ctrl+Z- Cancel.

Ctrl+A– all text will be automatically selected.

Functions

These keys are common to most text editors. If you use them in your web browser, you will open the associated dialog boxes in your browser.

Ctrl+F- Find. This opens the Find dialog box in most applications to search for text.

Shift+F3– find Previous.

Ctrl+O- Open.

Ctrl+H- new document.

Ctrl+P- Seal.

When working with documents in the MS Word text editor, you most often have to copy, paste or move individual pieces of text or images. It also happens that you were given a file that has many pages and you need to copy everything from it in order to paste it into another program or document. The usual selection with the mouse while holding down the left button is not entirely convenient, but there are other ways.

Now we will look at several more ways in which you can quickly select all text in MS Word.

Using a keyboard shortcut

Hot keys in various programs, including Microsoft Word, greatly simplify your work. There is no point in memorizing all the combinations; it is enough to learn and use those combinations that correspond to the actions that you perform most often.

For the selection we need, we need to press the “Ctrl” key and the English letter “A”. Here the keyboard layout, that is, whether you have selected Russian or English for typing, does not matter.

Once everything is highlighted in blue, press Ctrl+C to copy it, or Ctrl+X to cut and paste it into another document. If you want to completely delete everything, click Delete.

Selecting text using the keyboard and mouse

Place your mouse cursor at the very beginning of what you typed, then press and hold the Shift key on your keyboard (the long button with an arrow pointing up). Scroll to the bottom and place the cursor at the end of the text.

Once everything is selected, you can release the Shift button.

Quick selection using mouse

If you are used to using the mouse more often than the keyboard, then you can select everything, by clicking three times quickly with the left mouse button anywhere in the left margin.

The left margin is the white part of the sheet on the corresponding side. When you hover your cursor over it, the pointer changes from a stick to an arrow pointing to the right. If you click once with the mouse, the line opposite the cursor will be highlighted; double-click and the paragraph opposite the cursor will be highlighted.

But if you click on the left margin three times, the entire document is selected.

You can do everything without the keyboard using the corresponding menu of the text editor itself. On the Home tab in the group "Editing" click on the “Select” button. Then select Select All from the drop-down list.

How to highlight parts of text

In order to select individual fragments of what you have typed in a document, hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard. Without releasing Ctrl, select the necessary parts of the text with the mouse. Now you can delete, cut or copy them.

I hope these methods are useful to you. Select one of the ones described, and the problem of quickly selecting text will be completely solved.

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Almost all operations that are usually performed with a mouse can also be performed using the keyboard. And highlighting text is no exception. The only difficulty when working with the keyboard is that you need to know some key combinations.

In this material, we will look at several simple and effective ways to select text using the keyboard, and also describe the basic key combinations that you may need.

Perhaps the easiest way to select text using the keyboard is to select by letter. In order to use this method you need first place the cursor at the point that should be the beginning or end of the selected text. To position the cursor, use the arrows on the keyboard; with their help, you can move the cursor up/down and right/left.

Once the cursor is positioned at the desired point in the text hold down the SHIFT key on your keyboard and press the left/right arrows. This way you can select text letter by letter to the right or left of the point where the cursor was placed.

In addition, you can select text and move up or down lines by pressing the up/down arrows on the keyboard without releasing the SHIFT key.

Selecting text by words

An alternative way is to highlight text in whole words at once. To use this method of selecting text you must first place the cursor at the beginning or end of the selected piece of text. After which you need hold down the SHIFT and CTRL keys and, without releasing these two keys, move through the text using the right/left arrows. With this method, each time you click on the arrow, the selection will shift to the right or left not by one character, but by an entire word at once.

If you press the up/down arrows while holding down the SHIFT and CTRL keys, you can select text in entire paragraphs at once, which is very convenient if you need to select a large block of text at once.

Selecting large chunks of text

If you need to select all the text in your document at once, then the CTRL-A key combination will help you. When pressed, all text is highlighted at once.

You can use the SHIFT-PageUp and SHIFT-PageDown key combinations to select one page of text. With their help, you can select text one page up or down.

Using the SHIFT-Home and SHIFT-End key combinations, you can select text from the cursor to the beginning/end of the current line.

And using the combinations CTRL-SHIFT-Home and CTRL-SHIFT-End you can select text from the cursor to the beginning/end of the entire document

As you can see, there are a lot of key combinations that can be used to select text using the keyboard as quickly as using the mouse.

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Have you ever wondered why different users spend different amounts of time on the same operations in Windows? And the point here is not the speed of using the mouse - it’s just that some people use the so-called Hotkeys(replacing several mouse actions), others, on the contrary, do everything with the mouse (edit/copy, edit/paste, etc.).

Many users do not attach importance to keyboard shortcuts (note: several keys pressed simultaneously on the keyboard) , meanwhile, with their use, the speed of work can be increased significantly! In general, there are hundreds of different keyboard shortcuts in Windows, there is no point in memorizing and considering them all, but I will give the most convenient and necessary ones in this article. I recommend it for use!

Note: In the various key combinations below you will see a “+” sign - you do not need to press it. The plus in this case indicates that the keys must be pressed simultaneously! The most useful hotkeys are marked in green.

Keyboard shortcuts with ALT:

Alt+Tab or Alt + Shift + Tab- window switching, i.e. make the next window active;
ALT+D- selecting text in the browser address bar (usually, then use the combination Ctrl+C - copy the selected text);
Alt+Enter- look at “Object properties”;
Alt+F4- close the window you are currently working with;
Alt + Space(Space is the space key) - calls the window system menu;
Alt + PrtScr- take a screenshot of the active window.

Keyboard shortcuts with Shift:

Shift + LMB(LMB = left mouse button) - selecting several files or a piece of text (just hold down Shift, place the cursor in the right place and move the mouse - files or part of the text will be selected. Very convenient!);
Shift + Ctrl + Home- select to the beginning of the text (from the cursor);
Shift + Ctrl + End- select to the end of the text (from the cursor);
Pressed Shift button- CD-ROM autorun blocking, the button must be held while the drive reads the inserted disc;
Shift+Delete- deleting a file bypassing the trash (be careful with this :));
Shift + ←- text selection;
Shift + ↓- text selection (to select text, files - the Shift button can be combined with any arrows on the keyboard).

Keyboard shortcuts with Ctrl:

Ctrl + LMB(LMB = left mouse button) - selecting individual files, individual pieces of text;
Ctrl+A- select the entire document, all files, in general, everything that is on the screen;
Ctrl+C- copy selected text or files (similar to the edit/copy explorer);
Ctrl+V- paste copied files, text (similar to edit/paste in Explorer);
Ctrl+X- cut a selected piece of text or selected files;
Ctrl+S- save the document;
Ctrl + Alt + Delete (or Ctrl + Shift + Esc) - opening the “Task Manager” (for example, if you want to close an “unclosed” application or see which application is loading the processor);
Ctrl+Z- cancel the operation (if you, for example, accidentally deleted a piece of text, just press this combination. In applications whose menu does not indicate this option, mail always supports it);
Ctrl+Y- cancel the operation Ctrl + Z;
Ctrl+Esc- opening/closing the Start menu;
Ctrl+W- close the browser tab;
Ctrl+T- open a new tab in the browser;
Ctrl + N- open a new window in the browser (if it is running in any other program, a new document will be created);
Ctrl+Tab- moving through browser/program tabs;
Ctrl + Shift + Tab- reverse operation from Ctrl + Tab;
Ctrl+R- refreshing a page in the browser or program window;
Ctrl + Backspace- deleting a word in the text (deletes from the left);
Ctrl + Delete- deleting a word (deletes from the right);
Ctrl + Home- moving the cursor to the beginning of the text/window;
Ctrl+End- moving the cursor to the end of the text/window;
Ctrl+F- search in the browser;
Ctrl+D- add a page to favorites (in the browser);
Ctrl + I- show the favorites bar in the browser;
Ctrl+H- log of visits in the browser;
Ctrl + mouse wheel up/down - increasing or decreasing the size of elements on the browser page/window.

Keyboard shortcuts with Win:

Win+D- minimize all windows, the desktop will be shown;
Win+E- opening “My Computer” (Explorer);
Win+R- opening the “Run…” window, very useful for launching some programs (more details about the list of commands here:)
Win+F- opening a search window;
Win+F1- opening a help window in Windows;
Win+L- blocking the computer (convenient when you need to move away from the computer, but strangers may come nearby and see your files and work);
Win+U- opening the accessibility center (for example, magnifier, keyboard);
Win + Tab- switch between applications in the taskbar.

A few other useful buttons:

PrtScr- take a screenshot of the entire screen (everything you see on the screen will be placed in the buffer. To get a screenshot, open Paint and paste the image there: Ctrl+V buttons);
F1- help, user manual (works in most programs);
F2- renaming the selected file;
F5- updating a window (for example, a tab in a browser);
F11- full screen mode;
Del- delete the selected object to the trash;
Win- open the START menu;
Tab- activates another element, moving to another tab;
Esc- closing dialog boxes, exiting the program.

Actually, that's all for me. I recommend that you remember the most useful keys, marked in green, and use them everywhere, in any program. Thanks to this, you won’t even notice how you will work faster and more efficiently!

By the way, the listed combinations work in all popular Windows: 7, 8, 10 (most of them also in XP). Thanks in advance for the additions to the article. Good luck to all!

In many of our articles you can see text like: Win + R.
This text means that you need to press the combination of the Windows logo key and the letter on your keyboard R.
Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of two or more keys that can be pressed to perform tasks that typically require the use of a mouse or other pointing device.

This list is more complete; most of the keyboard shortcuts are valid for other operating systems of the Windows family.

The following are the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts.

Keyboard shortcuts for working with text.

Keys	Action
Ctrl+A	Select all text.
Ctrl+C (or Ctrl + Insert)	Copy selected text fragment.
Ctrl+X	Cut selected text.
Ctrl+V (or? Shift + Insert)	Insert a selected piece of text.
Ctrl + ?	Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.
Ctrl + ?	Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word.
Ctrl + ?	Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph.
Ctrl + ?	Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph.
? Shift + ?	Select text forward character by character.
? Shift + ?	Select text back character by character.
Ctrl + ? Shift + ?	Select text from the cursor position to the beginning of the next word.
Ctrl + ? Shift + ?	Select text from the cursor position to the beginning of the previous word.
? Shift + Home	Select text from the cursor position to the beginning of the line.
? Shift + End	Select text from the cursor position to the end of the line.
Alt left + ? Shift	Switch input language if multiple input languages are used.
Ctrl + ? Shift	Switch keyboard layout if multiple keyboard layouts are used.
Ctrl left + ? Shift Ctrl right + ? Shift	Changing the reading direction of text for languages written from right to left.

Keyboard shortcuts for working with windows and the desktop.

Keys	Action
F5 (or Ctrl + R)	Refreshes the active window or desktop (if active).
F6 or Tab?	Cycle through elements in a window or desktop.
Alt+Esc	Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened.
Alt + Tab ?	Cycle between windows as usual.
Ctrl + Alt + Tab ?	Open a window to switch between windows as usual. Use the arrow keys to navigate between them.
Win+Tab?	Cyclic switching between elements (windows, programs) in Flip3D mode.
Ctrl + Win + Tab ?	Open a window to switch between windows in Flip3D mode. Use the arrow keys to navigate between them.
Ctrl + mouse wheel (up\down) on the desktop	Increase/Reduce the size of desktop icons.
Holding? Shift + ?	Highlights multiple items in a window or desktop, including the current one.
Holding? Shift + ?	Selects down multiple items in a window or desktop, including the current one.
Hold Ctrl + Spacebar	Select any multiple individual elements in a window or on the desktop. To navigate use the arrow keys.
Ctrl+A	Select all elements in a window or on the desktop.
Ctrl+C (or Ctrl + Insert)	Copy selected elements.
Ctrl+X	Cutting out selected elements.
Ctrl+V (or? Shift + Insert)	Insert selected elements.
Alt + Enter ?	Opens the properties dialog box for the selected file or folder.
Alt + Space	Displays the context menu of the active window.
Alt+F4	Closes the current item or exits the active program.
? Shift + F10	Opens the context menu for the selected element.
Win + ?	Expand the window to full screen.
Win + ? Shift + ?	Stretch the window to the top and bottom of the screen.
Win + ?	Minimize to window, or minimize to taskbar.
Win + ?	Maximize and snap the window to the left edge of the screen.
Win + ?	Maximize and snap the window to the right edge of the screen.
Win+M	Collapse all minimized windows. Non-minimizing windows (For example: File Properties) will remain on the screen.
Win + ? Shift + M	Restore all minimized windows.
Win+D	Show desktop / Return to program. Minimizes and restores everything, including non-minimizing windows.
Win+G	Cyclic switching between gadgets.
Win + Home	Minimize/Restore all windows except the active one.
Win + Space	Show desktop without minimizing windows.

Keyboard shortcuts for working with multiple monitors.

Keyboard shortcuts for working with the Taskbar.

Keys	Action
? Shift + click on the taskbar icon	Open a program or quickly open another instance of a program.
? Shift + right-click on the taskbar icon	Displays the menu window for the program.
? Shift + right-click on a grouped icon on the taskbar	Displays the menu window for the group.
Ctrl + click on the grouped icon on the taskbar	Cyclic switching between group windows.
Ctrl + ? Shift + click on the taskbar icon	Opening the program as administrator.
Ctrl + Tab ?	Switch between thumbnails in the same group.
Win + Number	Launch/Switch to a program using its icon location on the taskbar. The numbers from 1 to 9 are the serial number of the application on the taskbar, counting from the left (0 is the tenth application).
? Shift + Win + Number	Launch a new instance of a program using the location of its icon on the taskbar.
Ctrl + Win + Number	Switch between program windows, starting with the most recently active one, using the location of its icon on the taskbar.
Alt + Win + Number	Open the Jump List for a program using its icon location on the taskbar.
Win+T	Cycle through taskbar icons. (From left to right)
Win + ? Shift + T	Cycle through taskbar icons. (From right to left)
Ctrl+Win+B	Switch to an application that displays a message in the notification area.
Win (or Ctrl + Esc)	Open or close the Start menu.
Win+R	Opens the Run dialog box.
Ctrl + ? Shift + Enter ?	Run the program selected in the Start menu as an administrator.

Keyboard shortcuts for working in Windows Explorer.

Keys	Action
Win+E	Launch Windows Explorer.
Alt + ?	View the previous folder.
Alt + ?	View next folder.
Alt + ?	View the folder located one level higher.
Alt+D	Selecting the address bar.
Alt+P	Display the viewing area.
Ctrl+E	Select a search field.
Ctrl + ? Shift + E	Displays all folders that contain the selected folder.
Ctrl+F	Select a search field.
Ctrl + N	Opens a new window.
Ctrl + ? Shift + N	Creating a new folder.
Ctrl+W	Closes the current window.
Ctrl + .	Rotate the image clockwise.
Ctrl + ,	Rotate the image counterclockwise.
Ctrl + mouse scroll wheel	Change the size and appearance of file and folder icons.
Home	Move to the top position of the active window.
End	Move to the bottom position of the active window.
Delete (or Ctrl + D)	Deleting the selected item to the Trash.
? Shift+Delete	Deleting the selected item without placing it in the Trash.
F2	Rename the selected element.
F4	Display a list of previous locations for the address bar in Windows Explorer.
F11	Maximize the active window to full screen / Minimize it back.
?	Collapses the selected item (if it is expanded) or selects a parent folder.
?	Display the selected item (if it is collapsed) or highlight the first subfolder.
? Backspace	View the previous folder.
Num Lock + * on the numeric keypad	Displays all folders within the selected folder.
Num Lock + + on the numeric keypad	Displays the contents of the selected folder.
Num Lock + - on the numeric keypad	Collapses the selected folder.

Keyboard shortcuts for the dialog box.

Keyboard shortcuts for using Windows Help.

Keys	Action
F1	Open help for the current item.
Win+F1	Launch the built-in Windows dialog: Help and Support.
F3	Move the cursor to the Search field.
F10	Go to the "Options" menu.
Alt+A	Go to the user support page.
Alt+C	Display table of contents.
Alt+N	Go to the “Connection Settings” menu.
Alt + ?	Return to the previously viewed section.
Alt + ?	Move to the next (previously viewed) section.
Alt + Home	Go to the Help and Support home page.
Home	Go to the beginning of the section.
End	Go to the end of the section.
Ctrl+F	Search in the current section.
Ctrl+P	Printing the section.

Keyboard shortcuts for using Ease of Access Center.

Keys	Action
Win+U	Launch the Ease of Access Center.
Num Lock (hold for more than five seconds)	Enable/Disable voice over mode when pressing Caps Lock, Num keys Lock and Scroll Lock.
? Shift (press five times)	Enable/Disable Sticky Keys mode (allows you to use the Shift, Ctrl, Alt, Win keys by pressing them individually).
? Shift Right (hold for more than eight seconds)	Enable/Disable input filtering (allows you to ignore short and repeated keystrokes).
Alt left + ? Left Shift + PrtScr (or Print Screen)	Enable/Disable High Contrast Mode.
Alt left + ? Left Shift + Num Lock (or Num)	Enable/Disable keyboard mouse pointer control.

Keyboard shortcuts for working with Magnifier.

Keys	Action
Win + +	Launch the Magnifier program. Zoom in.
Win + -	Zoom out.
Win+Esс	Close Magnifier.
Ctrl + Alt + D	Switch to “Docked” mode (the enlarged area is shown in a separate docked window).
Ctrl + Alt + F	Switch to Full Screen mode (enlarges the entire screen).
Ctrl + Alt + L	Switch to “Zoom” mode (the area around the mouse pointer is magnified).
Ctrl + Alt + R	Resize the window that displays an enlarged area of the screen.
Ctrl + Alt + Space	Preview your desktop in full screen mode.
Ctrl + Alt + I	Inversion of colors.
Ctrl + Alt + ?	Snaps a window with a magnified area to the top edge of the screen. ("Pinned") Move the window with the enlarged area up. ("Increase") Move up the enlarged area. ("Full screen")
Ctrl + Alt + ?	Snaps a window with a magnified area to the bottom edge of the screen. ("Pinned") Move the window with the enlarged area down. ("Increase") Move down the enlarged area. ("Full screen")
Ctrl + Alt + ?	Snaps a window with a magnified area to the left edge of the screen. ("Pinned") Move the window with the enlarged area to the left. ("Increase") Move around the enlarged area to the left. ("Full screen")
Ctrl + Alt + ?	Snaps a window with a magnified area to the right edge of the screen. ("Pinned") Move the window with the enlarged area to the right. ("Increase") Move around the enlarged area to the right. ("Full screen")

Other keyboard shortcuts.

Keys	Action
Enter?	Replaces mouse clicks to launch an application, press a button, or select an item in a menu.
Esc	Identical to clicking the Cancel button in the dialog box.
F3 (or Win + F)	Opens a built-in Windows dialog box to search for a file or folder.
Ctrl+F	Open a search window or go to the search field in the active window.
Ctrl + Win + F	Search a computer from a domain (while on the network).
Ctrl + ? Shift+Esc	Launch the Task Manager.
Ctrl + Alt + Delete	Opening the Windows Security window (Includes buttons Lock computer, Change user, Log off, Change password, Launch task manager).
Win+L	Locking the computer or switching users.
Win + X	Launch Windows Mobility Center.
Win+Pause Break	Launch the System item from the Control Panel (Properties item when right-clicking on Computer in the Start menu).
Holding? Shift when inserting a CD	Prevent the CD from playing automatically.
Ctrl + Tab ?	Switching between elements (tabs, windows, documents) in programs that allow multiple documents to be opened simultaneously.
Ctrl+F4	Closing the active document (in programs that allow multiple documents to be opened simultaneously).
Alt + Enter ?	Expand the active program to full screen / Minimize to window.
Alt + underlined letter	Displays the corresponding menu. Execute a menu command (or other underlined command).
F10	Activate the menu bar of the current program.
?	Opens the next menu on the left or closes a submenu.
?	Opens the next menu on the right or opens a submenu.
Ctrl + N	Create…
Ctrl+O	Open…
Ctrl+S	Save your changes.
Ctrl+Z	Cancel action.
Ctrl+Y Ctrl + ? Shift + Z	Repeat the action.