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Selecting Text
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  You must select (highlight) blocks of text to carry out some
  commands.
 
  Action                  Mouse Control             Keyboard Control
 
  Select (highlight)      Move the mouse cursor     With the arrow
  text                    to the place where        keys, move the
                          you want to begin         cursor to the
                          highlighting.  Hold       place where you
                          down the Left mouse       want to begin
                          button and drag the       highlighting. Hold
                          mouse across the          down the SHIFT key
                          text. Release the         and use the arrow
                          button to end the         keys to highlight
                          selection.                text. Release SHIFT
                                                    to end the
                                                    selection.
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