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{{#CUSTOMTITLE:Text Selection}}
When you want to apply some formatting method to a larger text fragment, you can select it. CKEditor supports a few selection methods that you can use.

== Selecting All Document Contents ==
To select all contents of the document, click inside CKEditor [[CKEditor 3.x/Users Guide/Interface/Editing Area|editing area]] and press the [[Image:CKEditor_selectall.png|Select All]] toolbar button. All document elements, including text, images, or tables, will become highlighted. You can now apply whatever action you wish to the selected content.

[[Image: CKEditor_selectall_example.png|frame|center|Selecting all document contents in CKEditor]]

Alternatively, you can also use the ''Ctrl+A'' keyboard shortcut to select everything inside the editing area.

== Selecting Document Fragment ==
A popular way to select document fragments is to use your mouse. Keeping the left mouse button pressed, drag your mouse over the document content that you want to select. The selection process will finish, when you release the mouse button. A document fragment selected with your mouse will become highlighted.

[[Image: CKEditor_select_example.png|frame|center|Selecting a document fragment in CKEditor]]

Note that a document fragment can also be selected with your keyboard. Put the cursor at the start of the selection and press the ''Shift'' button. Navigate the document using the ''Arrow'' keys to select a fragment of your choice.

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 The ''Shift+PgDn'' and ''Shift+PgUp'' shortcuts select a text fragment of approximately the length of the editing area starting from the cursor and going down and up the text, respectively.
-== Selecting HTML elements ==
+== Selecting HTML Elements ==
 Another method to select document contents is to use CKEditor [[CKEditor 3.x/Users Guide/Interface/Elements Path|elements path]] to highlight the HTML building blocks of the document. To use this feature, click an element's name on the elements path with your mouse. You can also use the ''Alt+F11'' keyboard shortcut to enter the elements path, and then navigate between the elements with the ''Tab'' and ''Shift+Tab'' (or ''Left'' and ''Right Arrow'') keys. To select an element with your keyboard, use the ''Enter'' or ''Space'' keys.

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 {{#CUSTOMTITLE:Text Selection}}
-When you want to apply some formatting method to a larger text fragment, you can select it. CKEditor supports a few selection methods that you can use.
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 == Selecting All Document Contents ==
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 Alternatively, you can also use the ''Ctrl+A'' keyboard shortcut to select everything inside the editing area.
-== Selecting Document Fragment ==
+== Selecting a Document Fragment ==
 A popular way to select document fragments is to use your mouse. Keeping the left mouse button pressed, drag your mouse over the document content that you want to select. The selection process will finish, when you release the mouse button. A document fragment selected with your mouse will become highlighted. You can also select individual words by double-clicking them.
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 The ''Shift+PgDn'' and ''Shift+PgUp'' shortcuts select a text fragment of approximately the length of the editing area starting from the cursor and going down and up the text, respectively.

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	The combination of ''Ctrl+Shift'' and the ''Home'' or ''End'' keys let you select the text from the cursor to the beginning or end of the document, respectively.		The combination of ''Ctrl+Shift'' and the ''Home'' or ''End'' keys let you select the text from the cursor to the beginning or end of the document, respectively.
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		+	The ''Shift+PgDn'' and ''Shift+PgUp'' shortcuts select a text fragment of approximately the length of the editing area starting from the cursor and going down and up the text, respectively.

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 == Selecting Document Fragment ==
-A popular way to select document fragments is to use your mouse. Keeping the left mouse button pressed, drag your mouse over the document content that you want to select. The selection process will finish, when you release the mouse button. A document fragment selected with your mouse will become highlighted.
+A popular way to select document fragments is to use your mouse. Keeping the left mouse button pressed, drag your mouse over the document content that you want to select. The selection process will finish, when you release the mouse button. A document fragment selected with your mouse will become highlighted. You can also select individual words by double-clicking them.
 [[Image: CKEditor_select_example.png|frame|center|Selecting a document fragment in CKEditor]]
-Note that a document fragment can also be selected with your keyboard. Put the cursor at the start of the selection and press the ''Shift'' button. Navigate the document using the ''Arrow'' keys to select a fragment of your choice.
+Note that a document fragment can also be selected with your keyboard.