Keyboard And Mouse Combinations

Click on a word, slide the mouse pointer, hold down the Shift key and Click.
Text is selected between the first and second click positions.

Click-Shift-Click selects text

Double-click, Point, Shift, Click.

Text is selected between and including the start and end words.

Slide to the selection area, to the left of the text.

The mouse pointer changes to a North-east pointing arrow.

Click once to select the line.

Double-click to select the paragraph.

Ctrl-Click to select the entire document.

The Ctrl and Shift keys greatly enhance your text selection skills.