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🖱️ Select a Whole Sentence in Word: Ctrl + Click

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By Marlo Anderson – The Tech Ranch

Editing the newsletter and want to move one sentence? Hold Ctrl and click anywhere in it.

The Shortcut

  • Hold Ctrl and click inside a sentence
  • Word selects it period to period
  • Then delete, move or format it

Bonus Tip: Alt + Drag

Hold Alt and drag to select a block of text straight down, like a column.

More Keyboard Shortcuts, Explained

This is part of my Keyboard Shortcuts Explained series: quick, plain-English tips that make everyday computer work faster. Watch the whole series on YouTube and subscribe to The Tech Ranch so you don’t miss the next one.

Found this helpful? Give the video a thumbs up on YouTube. Got a shortcut you can’t live without? Tell me in the YouTube comments and it might show up in a future video.

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