•   In a Presentation document, this procedure selects all text objects on the current layer of the current slide. To select text within a text object Before you can select specific characters, words, lines, or paragraphs, the text object must be in edit mode. 1 To place an object in edit mode, use one of these methods: •   With a Selection tool, double-click the text object. The pointer becomes an I-beam and an insertion point appears in the text. •   Click the Text tool in the Toolbox. The pointer becomes an I-beam. Click the I-beam within the text. An insertion point appears. •   For bound text only, click the Path Text tool. The Path Text tool is in a pop-out toolbar with the Text tool. 2 Use one of the following methods to highlight the text you want to select. To Do this Select a continuous block of text Drag the I-beam over text. Select all text between the insertion point and another location Press the Shift key and click where you want the selection to end. Deselect text between the insertion point and another location within the selection Press the Shift key and click within the highlighted text. Select a word Double-click the word with the I- beam pointer. Select a line of text Triple-click the line with the I-beam pointer. Select all text in the text object Choose Edit > Select All. Deselect all highlighted text Click anywhere in the text object or layout. Clicking outside the selected text object creates another text object at that location. Choosing another tool in the Toolbox ends text edit mode.
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