Office 2000 Basics

Second method: Use the pointer to select an entire line of text

To select a single line of text:

• Move the I-beam to the left margin until it becomes a right-slanted white pointer.
• Position the pointer to the left of the line you want to highlight.
• Click once to highlight a single line.
• Click and drag up or down to select as many lines as you want to edit.

Pros:

• Quick and easy

Cons:

• Selects the entire line of text when you may not want it to
• May take some practice to position the pointer correctly