Select only the words you want

Mark the exact words you mean, before doing anything to them.

Selecting marks the words you mean, usually by turning them pale blue. Nothing has happened to them yet.

Copy, cut, delete and bold all need it first. The computer has to be told which words to act on.

Key points

• Selecting marks words so the computer knows which ones you mean
• Pale blue means chosen, not changed

What to remember

• Blue means chosen, not changed.
• A selection is what the next thing you do will happen to.

Try this

Open anything with writing on it and drag across one sentence. Then click a blank spot to let it go.

Practice: Select only the words you want. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.

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