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Select text

Applies to: Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

Do one of the following:

Description	Action
Select a word.	Double-click the word.
Select a paragraph and all its subordinate text.	Triple-click anywhere in the paragraph. On the Outline tab in normal view, point to a slide icon or bullet, and when the four-headed arrow appears, click. (This also works for text in selected placeholders (placeholders: Boxes with dotted or hatch-marked borders that are part of most slide layouts. These boxes hold title and body text or objects such as charts, tables, and pictures.) on the slide.)
Select all text on a slide.	On the Outline tab in normal view, click the slide icon , and when the four-headed arrow appears, click.
Select the text in a placeholder, AutoShape (AutoShapes: A group of ready-made shapes that includes basic shapes, such as rectangles and circles, plus a variety of lines and connectors, block arrows, flowchart symbols, stars and banners, and callouts.), or text box (text box: A movable, resizable container for text or graphics. Use text boxes to position several blocks of text on a page or to give text a different orientation from other text in the document.).	Place the insertion point in the object, and then press CTRL+A.
Select text in all placeholders in the presentation.	Place the insertion point on the Outline tab, and then press CTRL+A.

Show Tip

If you drag to select only a few characters of a word and Microsoft PowerPoint selects the whole word, and you don't want it to, do this: On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Edit tab. Clear the When selecting, automatically select entire word check box. Then, drag to select the characters.

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