This is another tricky one, when you're starting out.

With the Shift key held down, click your left mouseīutton at the end of the block of text you want to highlight.

You holdĭown a shift key if you want a capital letter.) Keys are the ones with the block arrows on them, pointing upwards.

Hold down the Shift key on your keyboard (The Shift.

(For practice purposes, click just before the letter 'I'

Click at the start of the block of text you want to.

This one is a little trickier, but not too tricky. Let go of the mouse button when you are satisfied. Then move your mouse upwards or downwards in a straight line. Instead of letting go of the left mouse button, keep it held down. You can use the same technique to highlight more than one lineĪt a time. When it does, click your left hand mouse button once, then let go. When you move your mouse pointer to the margins, it will turn into an arrow. Of the page, click the tiny icon in the top right of Microsoft Word, for 2007Īnother way to display rulers is from the View tab in If you can't see a ruler at the top of the page and the left

To highlight a single line, move your mouse over to the left margin of your

You can highlight an entire line with just one mouse Most of the time, though, you won't want to highlight the entire document,īut just sections of it. To get rid of highlighted text, click anywhere in your documentĪn easier way to highlight all the text in your document is via a keyboard In Word 2010 to 2016 you'll see an extra item on the menu, rightĬlick Select All from the menu to highlight an entireĭocument. On the right hand side, you should see an Editing section:Ĭlick on the Select item to see a menu appear: You can highlight your entire document from the Home tab at the top There are quite a few different ways to highlight text. Highlighting is very important in word processing. So if we were to change the size of the font in theĭocument above, only the two lines that have been highlighted will change Only the text that you have highlighted will change. Underline it, make it bold, delete it altogether, and many other things. (the blue highlight will be grey in some versions of Word). The two lines with the blue background have been highlighted So examine the image below, which is what your letter should look like It's a lot easier to show you what highlighting is, rather than explaining Section One: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Highlighting Text in Microsoft Word

Word 97 highlight text shortcut