{"id":339,"date":"2008-04-23T16:36:37","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T21:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alsplace.aldenbaker.com\/alsplace\/keyboard-shortcuts\/339\/shifty-highlighting\/"},"modified":"2008-04-23T16:36:37","modified_gmt":"2008-04-23T21:36:37","slug":"shifty-highlighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alsplace.info\/?p=339","title":{"rendered":"Shifty Highlighting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- ALL ADSENSE ADS DISABLED -->\n<p>What&#39;s the first thing you need to do to format, move or copy text?<\/p>\n<p>Highlight it, of course!<\/p>\n<p>Which, as we all know, is easy enough to do with the mouse, but for those of you who truly prefer the keyboard, it can be a pain.<\/p>\n<p>That is, until now!<\/p>\n<p>The whole secret behind highlighting with the keyboard is the Shift key.<\/p>\n<p>The Shift key?<\/p>\n<p>Yep, it&#39;s all in the Shift.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s a list of key combinations that address all of your highlighting needs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><font><strong>Shift + left or right arrow<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neighborhoodrealtyonline.com\/\">viagra canada online<\/a>  will highlight one letter.<\/p>\n<p> <\/font><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><font><strong>Shift + Ctrl + left or right arrow<\/strong> will highlight one word.<\/p>\n<p> <\/font><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><font><strong>Shift + up or down arrow<\/strong> will highlight one line of text.<\/p>\n<p> <\/font><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><font><strong>Shift + Ctrl + up or down arrow<\/strong> will highlight one paragraph at a time, starting from the cursor&#39;s current location.<\/p>\n<p> <\/font><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><font><strong>In MS Excel: Shift + arrow <\/strong>will highlight one cell at a time or, if used in a combination, blocks of cells.<\/p>\n<p> <\/font><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><font><strong>Shift + Home<\/strong> will highlight from the cursor to the beginning of the line.<\/p>\n<p> <\/font><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><font><strong>Shift + Ctrl + Home<\/strong> will highlight from the cursor to the top of the document.<\/p>\n<p> <\/font><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><font><strong>Shift + End<\/strong> will highlight from the cursor to the end of the line.<\/p>\n<p> <\/font><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><font><strong>Shift + Ctrl + End<\/strong> will highlight from the cursor to the end of the document.<\/p>\n<p> <\/font><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><font><strong>Shift + Page Up or Page Down<\/strong> will highlight one screen.<\/font><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p><font>Well, there you have it! 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