Keywords  select all; selecting the whole file

This article tells you how to select the entire contents of the document body. For information on some other procedures, see the More information section.

• Select an entire document by using the keyboard

• Select an entire document by using the mouse

• More information

Select an entire document by using the keyboard

• To select the entire contents of the document body, press CTRL+A.

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Select an entire document by using the mouse

To select the entire contents of the document body, do one of the following:

• On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Select, and then click Select All.

  

• Move the pointer to the left of any text until it turns into a right-pointing arrow, and then triple-click.

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More information

• If you want to send a document in an e-mail message, see Send a document in an e-mail message, which explains how to send a document as an attachment. (In Microsoft Office Word 2007, you cannot automatically send a document as the body of an e-mail message.)
• If you want to delete a document, see Delete a file.
• If you want to make changes to a document that you scanned, see Scan and edit a document.
• If your document seems to be locked, you might need to activate Microsoft Office Word 2007. If the document is locked because it is read-only, requires a password, or is restricted by Information Rights Management, contact the document author.
• If your mouse isn't working, see the Support article You may experience several problems after you install an automatic update for Word 2007 on a Windows Vista-based computer.

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• Where is the 'edit', 'select all' in Office 2007?