In the Windows, Mac or Linux version of Presentations, you can select something as follows:
Selecting via the mouse
To select something via the mouse, proceed as follows:
▪Selecting text
| To select a section of text of any length, position the mouse cursor at the beginning of the section, press and hold down the left mouse button, and drag the cursor to the end of the desired section. |
| To select a word, double-click on the word. |
| To select a whole line, click on the left of the line and drag the mouse cursor over to the right of the line. You can also select multiple lines by dragging the mouse cursor down. |
▪Selecting objects
| To select an object (for example, a picture, a drawing, etc.), simply click on it with the mouse. A frame will then appear around the object to indicate that it is now selected. For objects with text (for example, placeholders), you have to click exactly on their frame in order to select them. |
| To select several objects at once, use the mouse to draw a frame around the desired objects. Alternatively, you can click successively on several objects while holding down the Shift keyñ to select them together. |
Tip: Use the ribbon command Home | Select all 
to select all text in a placeholder or all objects on a slide.
Selecting via the keyboard
Alternatively, you can use the keyboard. To do so, proceed as follows:
▪Selecting text
| Move the text cursor to the start of the text you want to select. Press the Shift keyñ, hold it down, and then move the text cursor in any direction with the arrow keys. |
| For example, you can select the following: |
| a single character with Shift+ß or Shift+à |
| a single word with Ctrl+Shift+ß or Ctrl+Shift+à |
| (for Mac: Alt+Shift+ß or Alt+Shift+à) |
| To select all text in a placeholder, you can press the key combination Ctrl+Home, followed by the key combination Ctrl+Shift+End. |
▪Selecting objects
Objects can only be selected with the mouse or the ribbon command Home | Select all (see above).