Use F8 in Microsoft Word to select text quickly

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Most Microsoft Word users use the mouse when it comes to text selection, probably. It is easy enough to make fine-grained text selections or quick selections using the mouse only.

A double-click on any word selects it right away, and a triple-click selects an entire paragraph instead. Another option that Word users have is to use the keyboard to select text.

Just hold down the Shift-key on the keyboard and use the arrow keys to start selecting text. You may also use Ctrl-A to select all at once.

Extend Mode in Word

What many users of Microsoft Word don't know is that it is also possible to use the F8 key on the keyboard for text selection.

The F8 key is mapped to what Microsoft's Office team calls Extend Mode.

The entire process works similarly to using mouse clicks to select text. Double-tap on the F8-key on the keyboard to select a word, triple-tap on the F8-key to select a sentence, activate the F8-key four times to select the paragraph, and a fifth time to select the entire document.

• F8: enter Extend Mode
  
  
• 2x F8: highlight word
  
  
• 3x F8: highlight sentence
  
  
• 4x F8: highlight paragraph
  
  
• 5x F8: highlight entire document
  
  
• Esc: exit Extend Mode
  
  
• Adding Shift: reverses the operation
  

Full reading: https://www.ghacks.net/2019/02/11/use-f8...t-quickly/