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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Multiple word selects
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Date: 28 Jul 90 20:11:48 GMT
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"How can I select several items (words or characters) at once.
"
"Ex.  If I have 15 words I want to BOLD, instead of select one, goto format,
"     bold that item, then select another, goto format .... repeat 13 more
"     times,  how can I select several words at the same time, and do one
"     format-bold commend.
"
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I'm not aware of any text processing program or tool that let's you do this
but at least Word doesn't. However, you can accomplish your goal just about
as quickly using the Repeat command. You can quickly double-click a word
to select it, apply bold to the first one. Then double-click your next word
and type command-a to repeat your last edit.

If you have an extended keyboard you can make this a one key operation--
press a function key instead of command-a. 

Shirley Kehr