Select Text: keyboard shortcuts

The arrow keys and PgUp, PgDn, Home and End keys are used to extend the selection of text as well as to move throughout the document. To select text using these keys, place the cursor at the beginning of the block you want to select, and extend the selection using any combination of the following keystrokes:

Shift+Left: extend one character to the left

Shift+Right: extend one character to the right

Shift+Up: extend one line up

Shift+Down: extend one line down

Shift+Home: extend to beginning of line

Shift+End: extend to end of line

Shift+PgUp: extend one screen up

Shift+PgDown: extend one screen down

Ctrl+Shift+Left: extend one word to the left

Ctrl+Shift+Right: extend one word to the right

Ctrl+Shift+Home: extend to beginning of file

Ctrl+Shift+End: extend to end of file

Ctrl+Shift+PgUp: extend one page up

Ctrl+Shift+PgDown: extend one page down

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Left: extend one sentence to the left

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Right: extend one sentence to the right

Alt+\: extend one phrase to the right

The F2 key can be used to select a "free form" block of text. Move the cursor to where you want to begin the defined block and press F2. Using the arrow keys, move the cursor to where the block ends and press F2 again to set the define. You can expand or shrink the defined block with this method by using the arrow keys to move the cursor again and pressing F2 again.

The F12 key used alone or in combination with other keys can be used to define by line, word, sentence, or paragraph, or to define a block of text from the cursor to a specified character.

•	F12: to define by line

•	Ctrl+F12: to define by word

•	Shift+F12: to define by sentence

•	Alt+F12: to define by paragraph

•	Ctrl+Shift+F12 to define a block the text from the cursor to the next occurrence of a specified character. Type the specified character immediately after pressing Ctrl+Shift+F12.

Press ESC to clear all defined blocks.