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.

Clicking and dragging is a perfectly good way to select text, but there are others, possibly better, ways to go about it.

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