Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Get "Click Happy"

"Click Happy" is a term I use with people to describe my unconscious clicking of everything. I see something, and I must click on it. Sometimes once, other times twice or more. I get this from my use of clicking to select things in Microsoft Word. There are a bunch of shortcuts to select in Word, and most options work in many other application programs as well. Here they are, and happy clicking!

To select this
Click this
A character
Drag across the letter
A word
Double-click
A line
Move the pointer to the left of the line until you see the left-pointing arrow, and then click

A sentence
CTRL–click anywhere in the sentence
A paragraph
Triple-click the paragraph OR
Move the pointer to the left of the paragraph until you see the left-pointing arrow and double-click
Multiple paragraphs
Move the pointer to the left of the paragraphs until you see the left-pointing arrow, and then click and drag up or down
A large block of text
Click at the start of the selection, scroll to the end of the selection, and  SHIFT-click
Entire document
Move the pointer to the left of any of the document text until you see the left-pointing arrow, and then triple-click
A vertical block of text
Hold  ALT , and then drag over the text

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