Using Type > Editing text > Selecting text

Selecting text

When editing text or changing type 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 characters in the block.

To select text blocks:

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