Word processing - selection

The acting of checking spellings, punctuations, other grammatical problems and consistency in the document

• spell check

• word processing

• formatting

• editing

Selecting text

• highlighting text

• choosing a range of text

• grouping some selected text

• all of the above

Usually, selected text is coloured

• black

• white

• blue

• yellow

You can select text by using the

• mouse

• touchpad

• keyboard

• touchscreen

• all of the above

Double-clicking is used to select

• a sentence

• a paragraph

• a single word

• a character

Clicking the left mouse button three times is used to select

• a page

• a paragraph

• a single word

• a character

To select an entire line

• double click

• triple-click

• margin + click

• shift + right arrow

Move the cursor into the left margin. The insertion pointer will turn into

• a finger icon

• I - beam

• blinking cursor

• arrow pointer

To select the entire document

• ctrl + s

• ctrl + e

• ctrl + a

• ctrl + y

Holding down to the shift key and pressing an arrow key at a time will select

• a word

• a character

• a sentence

• a paragraph