Select Nonconsecutive Items in Word

Contributed by winslow October 6, 2003  
Tagged: Microsoft Word

Any version of Word > 2002 will allow the user to select nonconsecutive items and words.

We all select, copy, and paste. Repeatedly.

This little trick will likely save you a lot of time. Now, with the latest versions of Word, users can select text and items that are not connected or even near to each other.

1. Select a word or passage of text.
2. Hold CTRL
3. Select a distant word or text
4. Repeat until all text is selected
5. Copy, manipulate, or whatever.

For example, you could select the title and then skip down and select the 4th paragraph. Pressing copy here will put only the title and the paragraph into your clipboard.