RE: Can you please make Word select only the text I highlight- no

I have all those three things not checked and it still cannot select exactly
what I want maybe the kword file is wrong?

"Michelle" wrote:

> I don't find this to be the case. I can select from the middle of a word to
> the middle of any word I try. I have unchecked "Use Smart Cursoring," "Use
> Smart Paragraph selection," and "When selecting, automatically select entire
> word." Maybe you missed turning one of these off.
>
> "Angela Hey" wrote:
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> > I do not like the way that Word jumps to select a whole paragraph, or
> > sentence or word. I have turned off the appropriate options in Edit.
> > However if I want to select 9.5 sentences in an 11 sentence paragraph, Word
> > will jump to select the entire text. I know exactly what I want to select, am
> > very accurate with the mouse and would really like a CTRL-Select option or an
> > option in Edit to turn off the smart selection. If I select the middle of a
> > word and go to the middle of word 2 pages later that's the exact text I want
> > to select - not more or less. Can you fix this?
> >
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