To edit within text, you place the insertion point where you want to begin editing.

Note: To edit text thats in a text box, you first click the text to select the text box (it appears as a gray rule around the text), then do any of the actions described in the tasks below.

Select text Do any of the following: Select one or more characters: Click in front of the first character and drag across the characters you want.

Select a range of text: Click in front of the first character, then hold down the Shift key on your keyboard and click at the end of the text you want to select.

You can select just a few characters or a large amount of text across paragraphs or pages.

Place the insertion point The insertion point is a blinking vertical line or I-beam in text that indicates where the next character you type will appear.

In body text in a word-processing document: Click where you want to start typing.

If the object already contains text, click once to select the object, then click again in the text where you want to place the insertion point.

In a table cell: Click the cell to select it, then click again where you want to start typing.

After you place the insertion point, you can use the arrow keys to move it.

When you click placeholder text, the entire block of text is selected, and you type to replace it.

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