Select text


  Move the cursor using the keyboard while holding down the shift key to create or extend a selection  Or
  Drag the mouse across the text you want to select.  Or
  Hold down the Shift key while clicking to select a range between the insertion point and where you click.  Or
  Double-click a word (defined as a string of characters delimited by spaces) to select it.
Triple-click to select the whole paragraph.


You select text that you want to edit. Your next action--such as choosing the Delete command--acts on the selection.
You can select text and use the Strikeout command to mark text for deletion.  You can add text with Redlining On to indicate new text.  Once you want these actions to take effect, use the Process Markup command in the Text menu.  This command will remove text marked with Strikeout, and remove the Redline attribute from any redlined text.
Drag horizontally to select text on the same line or vertically to select several lines of text.
Drag past the edge of your view--for example, past the bottom of the WriteUp window--to scroll the window's contents and keep selecting.
You can select inline graphics just like you would select any other character in text.
For more information on selecting text, see the NEXTSTEP User documentation.


See also

Type text
Select text with keyboard
General key bindings