"Select All": Where ?

[Robert11]

Hello,

Embarrased to ask, but just can't find it.

Is there an icon somewhere to click on that does in effect a "Select All"
that will highlight everything in a text document for possible copying or
cutting ?

Thanks,
B.

 

[Greg Maxey]

Word2003 Edit>Select All

Word2007 Home Tab>Editing>Select>Select All

or

CTRL +a

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In addition to the menu items Greg suggests, the easiest way to select
everything in the main body of the document is to Ctrl+click in the left
margin.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Terry Farrell]

Ctrl+Clicking in the margin doesn't work in W2007, but triple-clicking in
the margin does.

Terry Farrell

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ctrl+click in the margin works in Word 2007 for me.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Terry Farrell]

Oh! It doesn't for me. I'll look into this. Are you using Vista or XPP? Are
you using Off2k7 sp2?

Terry

 

[Robert]

Works for me here. XP SP2 + Word 2007 SP2.

 

[Dave Symes]

Works for me here. XP SP2 + Word 2007 SP2.

[Snippy]

Ctrl + Clicking in the margin...
Works here on my Laptop with Vista SP1 Word 2007 and all updates.

Dave

--

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Windows XP SP2 and Word 2007 SP1 (I've been offered SP2 and approved the DL,
but so far it hasn't been downloaded).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Gordon]

Windows XP SP2 and Word 2007 SP1 (I've been offered SP2 and approved the
DL, but so far it hasn't been downloaded).

Ctl-Click works here on 2007 with SP2....

 

[Terry Farrell]

Working here too now. I changed a setting for my Logitech mouse which
brought back the function: strangely though, when I reverted the setting, it
still worked!

Terry

 

[Lene Fredborg]

For me, it seems to be a question of whether I have selected text beforehand
or not: if no text is selected, Ctrl+Click in the left margin selects all. If
text is selected, Ctrl+Click selects a line of text only or a row in case of
a table. I see the same behavior in Word 2003. However, I most often use
Ctrl+A.

--
Regards
Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word)
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yes, I definitely get bitten by that one from time to time!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[ivanruku]

Hello,

Embarrased to ask, but just can't find it.

Is there an icon somewhere to click on that does in effect a "Select All"
that will highlight everything in a text document for possible copying or
cutting ?

Thanks,
B.