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.

You can also press [F8] only to select text. To select a word, move the cursor to the word, and press [F8] twice. To select a sentence, press [F8] three times.

If you spend a lot of time in Microsoft Word (or any other word processor), it's high time you learned how to select text using only your keyboard. Why? Because it saves you having to reach for ...

Q I once read that the F8 key provides a better way to custom-select text you want to copy, delete or just format. But I can’t figure out how to do ...

See what you can do if your mouse is not working in Microsoft Word. Useful if Microsoft Word can't select or highlight text with a mouse.