If you spend a lot of time in Microsoft Word (or any other word processor), it's high time you learned how to select text using only your keyboard. Why? Because it saves you having to reach for your ...

While clicking and dragging is useful for selecting blocks of text, it can be cumbersome for finer selections, such as selecting individual characters or text that extends across multiple screens.

Q I once read that the F8 key provides a better way to custom-select text you want to copy, delete or just format. But I can’t figure out how to do it. Can you help? A Sure, in fact it’s one of my ...