Pressing “F8” a fourth time selects the current paragraph, and a fifth time selects the whole document. When you press “F8” a third time, the current sentence is selected. Pressing “F8” a second time selects the current word. When you press “F8” once, you turn on “Extend” mode. There is a another way to select chunks of text in Word. Select the sentence to the right of the insertion point Select the sentence to the left of the insertion point The following shortcut keys are suggestions, but you can choose your own. Now, you can select an entire sentence to the right of the insertion point, simply by pressing Alt + Shift + Right Arrow. To add shortcuts for selecting an entire sentence to the left of the insertion point and for stepping through your document a sentence at a time in either direction, follow the steps above again selecting the following commands from the “Commands” list and specifying a shortcut key for each. You are returned to the “Word Options” dialog box. In the Select a Rule Type pane, select Use a formula to. Click “Close” to close the “Customize Keyboard” dialog box. On the Home tab, click Conditional Formatting in the Styles group and choose New Rule.
The keyboard shortcut is added to the “Current keys” list box. In our case, the shortcut we selected is already assigned to “OutlineDemote.” However, if the action already assigned is not one you use much, you can replace it with the SentRightExtend command. If it is, this action is listed next to “Currently assigned to” below the “Current keys” list box. NOTE: You may notice that the keyboard shortcut you select may already be assigned to another action. Click “Assign” to assign the shortcut to this action. A list of bookmarks will appear, select one and click Delete to remove it. To review and/or delete bookmarks, in Word 2010 click Insert Bookmarks. For our example, we chose Alt + Shift + Right. Assuming youd rather not see the grey square brackets, there are two possible solutions, either delete or hide the bookmarks: Review/Delete Bookmarks. Note: You can also use the hotkeys Ctrl + Shift + 8 on the main keyboard to toggle displaying or hiding all hidden text easily. Put the cursor in the “Press new shortcut key” edit box and press the shortcut you want to use to select a sentence to the right of the insertion point. Click the Show/Hide Editing Marks button ( or ) in the Paragraph group on the Home tab to show or hide the hidden text. In this example, we will set up a keyboard shortcut for selecting the entire sentence to the right of the insertion point. In the “Categories” list, select “All Commands.” Select “SentRightExtend” from the “Commands” list. The “Customize Keyboard” dialog box displays. Click “Customize” under the list of commands next to “Keyboard shortcuts.” The “Customize Ribbon” page displays on the “Word Options” dialog box.