In the Windows, Mac or Linux version of TextMaker, 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 in the left margin of that line. You can select multiple lines by dragging the mouse cursor up or down beside them in the left margin. |
| To select a whole paragraph, double-click in the left margin beside the paragraph. |
| To select the whole document, press and hold the Ctrl key and click in the left margin (beside any paragraph of the document). |
| Alternatively, you can do the same with the ribbon command Home | Select all  . |
▪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. |
| To select multiple objects, switch to object mode (see Object mode). |
Selecting via the keyboard
Alternatively, you can use the keyboard. To do so, proceed as follows:
▪Selecting text
| Move the text cursor to the beginning 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) |
| whole pages with Shift+PageUp or Shift+PageDown |
| To select the whole document, you can press the key combination Ctrl+Home, followed by the key combination Ctrl+Shift+End. |
| Alternatively, you can do the same with the ribbon command Home | Select all . |
▪Selecting objects
Objects can only be selected with the mouse (see above).