Let’s see how: How to select all words in Word using the mouse or touchpad One of the fastest methods to select your text in the Word document is to use the mouse or the touchpad.

Dragging a mouse to select text in Microsoft Word requires the precision of a diamond cutter, or seems to, anyway. I prefer to press the Ctrl, Shift, and arrow keys to make my text selections.

You can stop Word from highlighting everything or selecting entire word or all text using in-built Setting, GPEDIT, and REGEDIT.

Selecting text For the most part, you’ll be selecting specific text with your cursor.

If you need to, drag the handles out to extend the selection further, character by character. For selecting large blocks of text, tap and hold on a word, then keep your finger pressed down.

Learn how to quickly highlight specific or repeated text in Microsoft Word with simple, step-by-step instructions.

Microsoft Word 2013 supports this arrangement via text boxes that anchor to a specific place on the page. The document's main text then wraps around the text box according to your preferences.

Learn how to select text not just character-by-character, but also word-by-word or paragraph-by-paragraph.

You can convert a Word doc to a JPG in a few steps. The easiest method is to use the screenshot tool in Windows or Mac to select text within Word.