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used for selecting items such as fields or links.
The Select tool can select text, images, and tables. As well as changing in response to the object it is
selecting, the tool also provides a menu of options that varies according to the type of object being selected.
You may find variations in the allowable actions for selected text. This is not a program error; depending
how the document is tagged, and whether or not the content is formatted, you may or may not have access
to commands such as Copy with Formatting.
Using the Select tool is an efficient way to select content used for links and bookmarks, discussed in
Chapter 9. To select text in a document, follow these steps:
1. Click the Select tool on the Basic toolbar and then drag over some of the text you want to select.
You see the text highlighted in gray, displaying small arrows at the upper left and lower right of the
selection (Figure 8.1).
Figure 8.1 Selected text shows a highlight
2. Drag either arrow to add text to the selection.
3. Hold the cursor over the selected text to display the Select Text icon .
4. Move the cursor over the Select Text icon to open the associated menu applicable to the selected
content and choose a command (Figure 8.2).
Figure 8.2 Choose commands from the pop-up menu
Selection Options
There are many ways to enhance the efficiency of your text selection methods. Here are some tips:
x Double-click a word to select it; triple-click to select a line of text; quadruple-click to select all the text
on a page.
x If you want to select all the text in a document, select some text with the Select tool, then right-click and
choose Select All Text from the shortcut menu.
x Add text letter by letter by pressing the Shift and an arrow key in the direction you want to add the text;
press Shift+Ctrl and the arrow key to add one word at a time to the selection.
x The Copy With Formatting option is active in a tagged document, and useful for complex documents,
such as those containing columns and pull-out quotes.
x In a secured document, you won't be able to copy text if the author has denied copying permission.