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Part II
Designing and Crafting Basic Pages
Here are some other selection methods:
Double-click a word to select it.
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Move the pointer to the left margin of the text until the pointer changes to a right-facing
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arrow. Click once to highlight a single line. Click and drag down the margin to select a
group of lines.
Position the cursor at the beginning of your selection. Hold down the Shift key and then
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click once at the end of the selection.
Select everything in the body of your document by using Edit
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➪ Select All or the keyboard
shortcut Ctrl+A (Command+A).
Use the Tag Selector in the status bar to select text or other objects contained within
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specific tags.
You can also select text by holding down the Shift key and using the right or left arrow key
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to select one character at a time. If you hold down Ctrl+Shift (Command+Shift), press the
right or left arrow key to select one word at a time.
Hold down the Shift key and then press the up or down arrow key to select a line at a time.
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Pressing Ctrl+Shift (Command+Shift) as you press the up or down arrow key selects a para-
graph at a time.
Dreamweaver provides quick access to the most common editing commands, such as Cut, Copy, and
Paste, through the Standard toolbar. To enable the toolbar, choose View ➪ Toolbars ➪ Standard.
When you want to move a block of text, first select it and then use Edit ➪ Cut, the Cut button on t