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.