scrolling too fast when copying

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hell

if i want to copy a section of text (over a page worth) from a large body of text, i find that if i left click and move the mouse down, as i get to the horizontal scroll bar i almost instantly select everything all the way down to the bottom of all the text.
i used to have computer that as you got to the horizontal scroll bar, the page would slowly scroll down and the further you got from the scroll bar, the faster the page would scroll down

is this a setup change i can alter on my pc. i'm running word 2000 on windows 2000 (i think, it's a new, to me, work pc

thanks

richard
 
I don't know if there's a setup change, but I have had that happen and found a work-around. Select a few lines starting at the beginning of what you want to copy. Then let go of the mouse button and scroll down so that where you want to end the selection is showing. Then Shift-Click(where you want the selection to end) and it will select from where you started your selection all the way down to where you just clicked. If you can't find a better solution, try this one. Hope it helps. The Shift-Click also works to deselect.
 
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