Working with Text > Editing text > Selecting text

 

Selecting text

When editing text or changing text attributes, you must first select the characters you want to change.

 
To select characters within a text block:

1

Select the Text tool.

2

Do one of the following:

Drag to select characters.

Double-click to select a word.

Click to specify the beginning of the selection and Shift-click to specify the end of the selection.

Press Ctrl+A (Windows) or Command+A (Macintosh) to select all the text in the block.

 
To select text blocks:

Select the Arrow tool and click a text block. Shift-click to select multiple text blocks.