It’s much the same with Copying a selection in Word

Some time ago Microsoft added a some ‘smarts’ to the paste command so there’s proper spacing before and after inserted text. Long time users of Word might remember when you would insert text then fiddle around add/delete spaces at the start or end. One of the little noticed, but very useful features, in Word is automatic spacing when moving text. Make a selection, press F2 (Move to where? will appear in the status bar) then click the mouse at another location and the selection will jump to that spot.

It’s very quick but lacking the Live Preview that’s available in other parts of Office.

Select and Drag – select then click on the selection and drag it to a new location.

Cut and Paste – Select, press Ctrl + X to cut the selection to the clipboard, change the cursor to another location and press Ctrl + V to paste the selection there.

To move a selection in Word there are various options: Select an image by clicking on it, the Picture tab will appear automatically. There are also some selection options on the Home | Editing ribbon: Ctrl + A works in Windows Explorer, Outlook, web browsers as well as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and many other programs. It’s one of the near-universal shortcuts that works in many programs. Triple click to select the entire paragraph.Ĭtrl + A will Select All. You can make a selection with your mouse, naturally, and also hold down the Shift key and use the arrow buttons.ĭouble click on a word to select the entire word.

Select all Text with Similar Formatting – warning.

There are quick ways to choose a word, paragraph, objects, text with similar formatting (sort of), the same style, separate non-continuous items, vertical selections, by finding or a heading and content. Like many things in Office, there’s a lot more available than the simple methods that we all learn. You might think that selecting text and other things in Word is simple. Here’s some power selection tricks in Microsoft Word for text, tables, pictures and more.

How to fix spacing in word after paste