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Word 2007 Tutorial | Select, Delete & Undo

What's on this page... Selecting Text in Speedy Ways Deleting Text Undoing a Mistake

Selecting Text In Speedy Ways

The following table gives some shortcuts for selecting text:

To Select This	Do This...
A word	Double-click the word.
A line	Click in the left margin (with the mouse leaning as a mouse-pointer to the text) next to the line.
Some lines	Drag the mouse over the lines or drag the mouse pointer down the left margin.
A paragraph	Double-click in the left margin next to the paragraph.
A bunch of text	Click at the start of the text, hold down the SHIFT key, and click at the end of the text.
A document	Hold down the CTRL key and click in the left margin, or triple-click in the left margin, or choose Home tab ► Select ► Select All, or press CTRL + A
	Select All drop-down

Deleting Text

Q: What's the difference between the DELETE and BACKSPACE keys? When you press the DELETE key, you erase text to the RIGHT of the cursor. When you press the BACKSPACE key, you erase text to the LEFT of the cursor.

Undoing A Mistake

Word does not easily forget your mistakes.

To undo your mistakes, use any of the following commands:

►	Click the UNDO button If you've made your own error and went on to do something else before you caught it, click the down arrow next to the Undo button. Word gives you a list of your last actions. Click the one you want to undo. However, if you do this, you'll also undo all the actions on the Undo menu above the one you're undoing. For example, if you undo the 98th action on the list, you'll also undo the 97th one before it.
	Undo & Redo buttons
►	Press CTRL + Z Every time you press this shortcut key it will take you one step back in the undo list. Press CTRL + Y This will Redo the last Undo action, if you've gone too far with the Undo! Microsoft Word help you with this action.

Microsoft Word 2007