How to select multiple lines using the keyboard. How to highlight text using the keyboard? All ways. Computer literacy exercises

07.05.2020

When working on Windows OS, it is often required select all files in a folder or a group of elements for subsequent copying, moving (to another or ), deletion. The instructions outline methods for selecting files using the keyboard and optical mouse.

These tricks are not known to inexperienced users and they waste a lot of time at the computer. There is nothing complicated here, just read the material to the end and start practicing right away.

Select all files in the current folder

Most fast way- using keyboard shortcuts. To select all files in a folder using the keyboard, press Ctrl + A.

Tip: The combination is also used for, for example, in Word or fields in the browser.

The alternative method is accompanied by using the mouse, but it will take you through more steps. Do the following:

Navigate to the folder via Windows 7, 8 Explorer (My Computer).
Click "arrange" in the top menu area.
Choose "select all".

Selecting a group of files

If the folder requires select a group of files located sequentially, select the first object, hold Shift and click on the keyboard arrows (up, down) until the last element of the group.

If there are many files, then mark the first one, then holding Shift, click the mouse (left button) on the last one. It is very convenient if you use to quickly select certain types, for example, images (jpg, gif).

It is possible to select all files in a folder or a group of them using the mouse. Place the cursor in a comfortable empty space and hold down the left button. Move the mouse while marking objects with a selection.

To mark files in random order, hold down the Ctrl key and select items by clicking on them with the left button. You can use a combination, for example, do this:

Select a group of files using the Shift key
Release Shift and hold Ctrl followed by pressing the left button, thereby adding (removing) the selected objects.

As a result, you will mark all folders and files at once and will be able to work with the selected array.

What to do if more than one file or folder is not selected

If for some reason you cannot select all or a group of files in Windows Explorer using the methods described above, then try this:

1. Open . Click the "view" tab, click the "reset folder view" button and OK. Restart your computer, then try again. If it doesn't work, go to step 2.

2. First create a system restore point and then . Navigate to the Shell section (full path at the bottom of the image). Find the keys named Bags and BagMRU, right click on them and click "delete". Select "yes" when confirming the deletion. Restart explorer.exe or your computer and check the selection status of multiple, all files or folders.

Here are all the aspects with which you can select all files in a folder or a group of them, in various ways. If you cannot mark objects, use resetting the folder view or edit the registry key, as described above.

Instructions for selecting text using only the keyboard.

When working with a text document of any size and purpose, we inevitably use text selection to copy, move fragments and change formatting. The main and most popular text editor Microsoft Word allows you to make a selection, both with the mouse and with the keyboard. Working with a mouse seems to be more familiar and convenient for everyone, but this is far from being the case. When typing speed is important when typing a document, it is more expedient to use the keyboard - this saves time, because you do not need to constantly change tools from the mouse to the keyboard and vice versa. You need to know the hotkeys for selecting text even if you don't have a mouse, for example, it's broken or you prefer to work on a laptop without using additional devices. Text selection is possible, of course, using the touchpad, but, perhaps, only a virtuoso musician is able to select the desired part with the touchpad the first time.

Text selection methods

To make your work with text documents quick and convenient, we suggest you use the following hotkey combinations.

To select the entire text of the document, press Ctrl+A (A in English layout);
To select text from a specific location to the end of the document, use the Ctrl+Shift+End keys; from a certain point to the end of a given page - Ctrl+Shift+Page Down (PgDn). Remember that the cursor must be in the place from which the selection is desired.
To select text from a specific location before the beginning of the document, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Home;
To select a given page of the document, four Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Page Down keys are simultaneously pressed;

For relatively small fragments of text, the same keyboard buttons, as well as the arrow keys, are working.

To select a line from beginning to end, first hold down the Home key, and while holding it, press Shift + End, to select from the end to the beginning of the line, hold down End, and while holding it, press Shift + Home;
Lines up are selected by pressing the Home key, and after Shift+Up Arrow, down by pressing the End+Shift+Down Arrow key. Hold down this key combination until the desired number of lines is highlighted.
A paragraph from the beginning to the end is selected by holding down the Ctrl + Shift + Down Arrow key, from the end to the beginning - Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow. The cursor must be at the beginning or at the end of the paragraph, respectively.
A single word is selected from the beginning to the end with the command Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow, from the end to the beginning Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow. The cursor is also located either at the beginning or at the end of a word.
A single character (letter, number, symbol, space) is selected using the Shift+Right Arrow or Shift+Left Arrow key, depending on the position of the character relative to the cursor.

Selecting text in tables

Hot keys for selecting a table and its parts using the keyboard require special attention.

To select the entire table, use the keyboard shortcut Alt + 5 with Num Lock on. The cursor must be in any part of the table.
The next cell is selected with the Tab key, the previous one with Shift + Tab.
Multiple adjacent cells are selected by holding down the Shift key and pressing the right or left arrows according to the number of cells to be selected.
To select a column, select the start or last cell, hold Shift+Down Arrow/Up Arrow.

Microsoft Word also has a selection mode; to activate it, you need the F8 key. With this mode, you can select:

next or previous character by pressing the Right Arrow/Left Arrow key;
word, sentence, paragraph, or entire document.

It works on the same principle as the mouse - the amount of selected text depends on the number of clicks. After entering the selection mode, press F8: once select the word, twice - the sentence, three times - the paragraph, four times - the entire text.

In general, text selection commands are contained within 5-6 keyboard keys: Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Home and End, arrows, as well as several additional combinations for special cases of selection.

We hope that our article on text selection will allow you to avoid constantly changing input devices, allow you to stop using a portable mouse when working with a laptop, and save you from the pain of a touchpad. Knowing keyboard shortcuts can significantly reduce your time working with text.

Most often, most computer users use a computer mouse to select text. However, there are situations in which the desired piece of text in the document stubbornly does not want to stand out. Instead, either a significantly larger portion of the text than necessary, or a smaller one, is highlighted. In this case, text selection using the keyboard can help, which allows you to achieve an accurate result, saving you time and saving your nervous system. Also, selecting text from the keyboard is useful when selecting multi-page tests, as it allows you to perform the operation much faster than using the mouse.

How to highlight text using the keyboard

Place the cursor at the beginning of the selected fragment. If it doesn't work the first time, don't worry. You can always correct the position of the cursor using the left and right arrows on the keyboard.
After the cursor is positioned at the beginning of the selected text, press the Shift key on your keyboard and the Right arrow key. The cursor will move simultaneously highlighting the text from the beginning of its path. After the desired piece of text is fully selected, release the arrow button and then the Shift key.
Press the context menu selection key on your keyboard or right-click on the selected text and select "Copy" from the context menu that appears. As a result, the selected text will be copied, placed on the clipboard and ready for the next paste.

There are also various additional options for selecting text using the keyboard, which in some cases are very useful.

To quickly select all text in open document keyboard shortcut can be used Ctrl+A(A - English from the word all - everything).
To select text not character by character, but word by word (in whole words), that before pressing Shift, press the Ctrl key on the keyboard. So the combination Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow will highlight the words to the right of the cursor, and Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow- on the left.
Keyboard Shortcuts Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow and Ctrl + Shift + Down Arrow select text paragraphs above and below the cursor, respectively.
The keyboard shortcuts Shift + PageUp and Shift + PageDown select text in a document page up and page down respectively.
Keyboard Shortcuts Shift + Home and Shift + End select text from the cursor to the beginning of the line and to its end, respectively.
Keyboard Shortcuts Ctrl+Shift+Home and Ctrl+Shift+End select text from the cursor position to the beginning and to the end of the document, respectively.

Remembering these keyboard shortcuts is very easy. To do this, you only need to practice selecting texts in the indicated ways, and you will certainly appreciate the advantages of using "hot keys" when operating with fragments of text documents.

In many of our articles you will see text like: Win + R .
This text indicates that you need to press the combination of the key with the Windows logo and the letter R.
Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of two or more keys that can be pressed to perform tasks that usually require the use of a mouse or other pointing device.

This list is more complete, most keyboard shortcuts are valid for others operating systems Windows family.

The following are the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts.

Keyboard shortcuts for working with text.

Keys	Action
Ctrl+A	Select all text.
ctrl+c (or Ctrl+Insert)	Copy the selected text fragment.
Ctrl + X	Cut the selected text fragment.
Ctrl+V (or? Shift+Insert)	Paste the selected text fragment.
ctrl + ?	Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.
ctrl + ?	Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word.
ctrl + ?	Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph.
ctrl + ?	Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph.
? Shift+?	Select text forward character by character.
? Shift+?	Select text backward character by character.
ctrl + ? Shift+?	Select text from the cursor position to the beginning of the next word.
ctrl + ? Shift+?	Select text from the cursor position to the beginning of the previous word.
? Shift + Home	Select text from the cursor position to the beginning of the line.
? Shift + End	Select text from the cursor position to the end of the line.
Alt left + ? Shift	Switch input language if multiple input languages are used.
ctrl + ? Shift	Switch keyboard layout if multiple keyboard layouts are used.
Left Ctrl + ? Shift Ctrl right + ? Shift	Changing the reading direction of text for right-to-left languages.

Keyboard shortcuts for working with windows and the desktop.

Keys	Action
F5 (or Ctrl+R)	Refreshes the active window or desktop (if active).
F6 or Tab?	Cycle through items in a window or on the desktop.
Alt + Esc	Cycles through items in the order they were opened.
Alt + Tab ?	Cycle through windows in normal mode.
Ctrl + Alt + Tab ?	Open a window to switch between windows normally. Use the arrow keys to navigate between them.
Win + Tab ?	Cycle through elements (windows, programs) in Flip3D mode.
Ctrl + Win + Tab ?	Open window to switch between windows in Flip3D mode. Use the arrow keys to navigate between them.
Ctrl + mouse wheel (up/down) on the desktop	Increase / Reduce the size of icons on the desktop.
Holding? Shift+?	Highlight multiple items in a window or desktop, including the current one.
Holding? Shift+?	Highlight down multiple items in a window or on the desktop, including the current one.
Holding Ctrl + Space	Select any multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop. To navigate, use the arrow keys.
Ctrl+A	Select all items in a window or on the desktop.
ctrl+c (or Ctrl+Insert)	Copy selected elements.
Ctrl + X	Cutting selected elements.
Ctrl+V (or? Shift+Insert)	Paste selected elements.
Alt+Enter ?	Opening the properties dialog box for the selected file, folder.
Alt + Space	Display the context menu of the active window.
Alt+F4	Closes the current item or exits the active program.
? Shift+F10	Opens the context menu for the selected element.
win+?	Expand the window to full screen.
win+? Shift+?	Stretch the window to the top and bottom of the screen.
win+?	Minimize to a window, or minimize to the taskbar.
win+?	Maximize and dock the window to the left edge of the screen.
win+?	Maximize and dock the window to the right edge of the screen.
Win+M	Minimize all rollable windows. Non-collapsible windows (For example: File Properties) will remain on the screen.
win+? Shift+M	Restore all minimized windows.
Win+D	Show desktop / Return to program. Minimizes and restores everything, including non-minimisable windows.
Win+G	Cycle through gadgets.
Windows + Home	Minimize/Restore all windows except the active one.
Win + Space	Show desktop without minimizing windows.

Keyboard shortcuts for working with multiple monitors.

Keyboard shortcuts for working with the Taskbar.

Keys	Action
? Shift+click the icon on the taskbar	Opening a program or quickly opening another instance of a program.
? Shift + right click on taskbar icon	Display the menu window for the program.
? Shift+right-click on a grouped taskbar icon	Displays the menu window for the group.
Ctrl+click a grouped taskbar icon	Cycle through group windows.
ctrl + ? Shift+click the icon on the taskbar	Opening the program as an administrator.
Ctrl + Tab ?	Switch between thumbnails in the same group.
Win + Digit	Run / Switch to the program using the location of its icon on the taskbar. The numbers from 1 to 9 are the serial number of the application on the taskbar, counting from the left (0 is the tenth application).
? Shift + Win + Number	Launching a new instance of the program using the location of its icon on the taskbar.
Ctrl + Win + Number	Switch between program windows, starting with the last active one, using the location of its icon on the taskbar.
Alt + Win + Number	Open the Jump List for a program using the location of its icon on the taskbar.
Win+T	Cycle through icons on the taskbar. (From left to right)
win+? Shift+T	Cycle through icons on the taskbar. (From right to left)
Ctrl+Win+B	Switch to the program that displays the message in the notification area.
Win (or Ctrl + Esc)	Open or close the Start menu.
Win+R	Opens the Run dialog box.
ctrl + ? Shift+Enter ?	Run the program highlighted in the Start menu as an administrator.

Keyboard shortcuts for working in Windows Explorer.

Keys	Action
Win+E	Launch Windows Explorer.
Alt+?	View the previous folder.
Alt+?	View next folder.
Alt+?	Browse the folder one level up.
Alt+D	Address bar selection.
Alt+P	Viewport display.
Ctrl+E	Selecting a search field.
ctrl + ? Shift+E	Displays all folders in which the selected folder is nested.
ctrl+f	Selecting a search field.
Ctrl + N	Opening a new window.
ctrl + ? Shift+N	Create a new folder.
Ctrl+W	Close the current window.
Ctrl + .	Rotate the image clockwise.
ctrl + ,	Rotate the image counterclockwise.
Ctrl + mouse scroll wheel	Resizing and appearance file and folder icons.
Home	Jump to the top position of the active window.
end	Jump to the bottom position of the active window.
Delete (or Ctrl+D)	Removing the selected item to the Recycle Bin.
? Shift+Delete	Deleting the selected item without placing it in the Trash.
F2	Rename the selected element.
F4	Display a list of previous locations for the address bar in Windows Explorer.
F11	Maximize the active window to full screen / Minimize back.
?	Collapse the selection (if expanded) or select the parent folder.
?	Display the selected item (if it is collapsed) or highlight the first subfolder.
? backspace	View the previous folder.
Num Lock + * on numeric keypad	Displays all folders nested in the selected folder.
Num Lock + + on the numeric keypad	Display the contents of the selected folder.
Num Lock + - on the numeric keypad	Collapse the selected folder.

Keyboard shortcuts for the dialog box.

Keyboard shortcuts for working with Windows Help.

Keys	Action
F1	Opens help for the current item.
Win+F1	Launch the built-in Windows dialog: Help and Support.
F3	Move the cursor to the "Search" field.
F10	Go to the "Options" menu.
Alt+A	Go to the user support page.
Alt+C	Display title.
Alt + N	Go to the "Connection Options" menu.
Alt+?	Return to the previous viewed section.
Alt+?	Move to the next (previously viewed) section.
Alt+Home	Go to homepage help and support.
Home	Move to the beginning of a section.
end	Move to the end of a section.
ctrl+f	Search in the current section.
ctrl+p	Print section.

Keyboard shortcuts for working with the Ease of Access Center.

Keys	Action
Win+U	Launch Ease of Access Center.
Num Lock (hold for more than five seconds)	Enable / Disable the sound mode when pressing the keys Caps Lock , Num Lock and Scroll lock.
? Shift (press five times)	Enable / Disable Sticky Keys mode (allows you to use the keys? Shift , Ctrl , Alt , Win by pressing them individually).
? Shift right (hold for more than eight seconds)	Enable / Disable input filtering (allows you to ignore short and repeated keystrokes).
Alt left + ? Left Shift + PrtScr (or Print screen)	Enable/Disable high contrast mode.
Alt left + ? Shift Left + Num Lock (or Num)	Enable / Disable keyboard mouse control.

Keyboard shortcuts for working with Magnifier.

Keys	Action
win++	Launching the Magnifier program. Zoom in.
Win+-	Zoom out.
Win + Esc	Close the Magnifier app.
Ctrl+Alt+D	Switch to the "Pinned" mode (the enlarged area is shown in a separate docked window).
Ctrl+Alt+F	Switch to Full Screen mode (enlarges the entire screen).
Ctrl+Alt+L	Switch to Zoom mode (enlarges the area around the mouse pointer).
Ctrl+Alt+R	Change the size of a window that displays an enlarged area of the screen.
Ctrl + Alt + Space	Desktop preview in full screen mode.
Ctrl+Alt+I	Color inversion.
Ctrl + Alt + ?	Attaches a window with an enlarged area to the top edge of the screen. ("Pinned") Move the window with the enlarged area up. ("Increase") Moving up in the enlarged area. ("Full screen")
Ctrl + Alt + ?	Attaches a window with an enlarged area to the bottom edge of the screen. ("Pinned") Move the window with the enlarged area down. ("Increase") Moving down the enlarged area. ("Full screen")
Ctrl + Alt + ?	Attaches a window with an enlarged area to the left edge of the screen. ("Pinned") Move the window with the enlarged area to the left. ("Increase") Move around the enlarged area to the left. ("Full screen")
Ctrl + Alt + ?	Attaches a window with an enlarged area to the right edge of the screen. ("Pinned") Move the window with the enlarged area to the right. ("Increase") Move over the enlarged area to the right. ("Full screen")

Other keyboard shortcuts.

Keys	Action
Enter?	Replaces mouse clicks to launch an application, click a button, or select an item from a menu.
Esc	Identical to clicking the Cancel button in the dialog box.
F3 (or Win+F)	Opens the built-in Windows dialog box to search for a file or folder.
ctrl+f	Opens a search window or navigates to a search field in the active window.
Ctrl+Win+F	Search for a computer from a domain (when online).
ctrl + ? Shift + Esc	Launching the Task Manager.
Ctrl+Alt+Delete	Opening the Windows Security window (Includes the Lock Computer, Change User, Log Out, Change Password, Start Task Manager buttons).
Win+L	Locking the computer or switching users.
Windows + X	Launch Windows Mobility Center.
win+pause Break	Launch the System item from the Control Panel (Properties item when you right-click on Computer in the Start menu).
Holding? Shift when inserting a CD	Prevent automatic CD playback.
Ctrl + Tab ?	Switching between elements (tabs, windows, documents) in programs that allow multiple documents to be open at the same time.
Ctrl+F4	Closes the active document (in programs that allow multiple documents to be open at the same time).
Alt+Enter ?	Maximize the active program to full screen / Minimize to window.
Alt + underlined letter	Display the corresponding menu. Execute a menu command (or other underlined command).
F10	Activate the menu bar of the current program.
?	Opens the next menu on the left or closes a submenu.
?	Open the next menu on the right or open a submenu.
Ctrl + N	Create…
Ctrl+O	Open…
ctrl+s	Save your changes.
Ctrl + Z	Cancel action.
ctrl+y ctrl + ? Shift+Z	Repeat action.

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The mouse is not always the ideal tool for selecting text. It can be difficult to highlight with it text in small print with great accuracy, or a large amount of text. Or maybe there is no mouse on your computer at all. This is where the keyboard comes to the rescue: it also has this function. You will learn how to select text using the keyboard from our short note. Make it very easy!

Selecting text using the keyboard

How to select all text

If you need to select all the text at once, press the keys at the same time ctrl and A.

How to highlight part of text

First you need to place the cursor where you want to start selecting text. You can do this with the mouse or keyboard using the arrows.
Press and hold down the magic key Shift while pressing or holding one of the arrows. Now the cursor will move, selecting everything after it. Pressing left or right will select character by character, and pressing down or up will select line by line, which is much faster.
You can also press keys PageUp or PageDown when pressed Shift. This will allow you to select entire pages.

In this picture, all the keys that you will need when selecting text are marked.

More tricks when selecting text with the keyboard

If together with Shift press and hold a key ctrl, moving the cursor with the left or right arrows will highlight whole words. And if you move the cursor with the up and down arrows, then entire paragraphs will be highlighted! This is very convenient when working with large texts.
If while holding Shift press a key Home, then the text will be selected up to the beginning of the line. And if you press the key end, then to its end. And if, apart from Shift hold on and ctrl, then the text, depending on the key pressed, will be selected to the beginning or to the end of the document.
To remember these keyboard shortcuts, just use them often, even if at first they will take you more time than the usual selection methods. Over time, you will speed up, and your work at the computer will become even more efficient.

Now you know how to select text using the keyboard without using the mouse, and some additional tricks. We wish you fruitful work with the text!

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