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Old 05-17-2022, 01:03 AM
wrdy wrdy is offline How can I select all the text in a table cell when it contains multiple paragraphs? Windows XP How can I select all the text in a table cell when it contains multiple paragraphs? Office 2007
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Triple click selects only one paragraph in the cell. Is there a shortcut to select all paragraphs in a cell?
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Old 05-17-2022, 09:16 AM
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Have a look at Selecting Individual Cells in a Table (Microsoft Word)
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Tab to the next cell. Then shift-tab back.
If in the last cell, reverse that order: Shift-tab to the previous cell and then Tab back.

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Both solutions from Robert2 and Charles Kenyon are good. Thanks.

Shift+Tab - with the insertion pointer positioned anywhere in a table, all text in the preceding cell is selected.


Shift+🡒 - with the insertion pointer positioned at the last character in a cell, all text in that cell is selected.
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Or click anywhere in the table and use: Table Tools|Layout|Select>Table.
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