AbilityNet is a registered charity, No. Telephone 0800 269 545 u2013 Email: [email protected] u2013 Web: www.AbilityNet.org.uk Some users report that they lose the text insertion caret (the thin vertical flashing line) when using Microsoft Word.
Though it is possible to alter the mouse pointer settings in most versions of Windows to make the pointer bigger and blacker for insta nce, this does not usually affect the text caret in Word. One very simple idea is to set up a keyboard shortcut key to highlight each word one at a time, or one line at a time.
This may also help when trying to read from the screen when people lose which line they are currently reading. And this line is completely highlighted. Microsoft Word comes with a system where a series of commands or keystrokes can be grouped together as a single command u2013 this is called a macro.
Macros can be recorded and allocated to specific keys on the keyboard. This skillsheet will detail how to set up two macros to achieve the highlighting mentioned above in Microsoft Word 2000 (other versions of Word also have this macro feature which will work in a very similar way). We will be creating macros which contain a series of shortcut keys - which can be used to move around within documents anyway - and just putting several into one keystroke to make it easier to use. We have a factsheet discussing and listing many of the most common shortcut keys for use in Windows and applications, call us for a copy.
Nov 13, 2018 - We've also included keyboard shortcuts, tips, and areas where you can practice. Highlight text on an Apple iPhone and iPad. How to highlight text using your keyboard and mouse. Double-clicking a word highlights the word and triple-clicking a word highlights the full line or paragraph of text. Assign keyboard shortcut in Paragraph panel. Menu: Paste Style (option+cmd+V) in current document's selected text to receive highlight.
Select the keyboard icon. This then lets you choose which key combination from the keyboard you would like to use for this macro u2013 try the F9 function key u2013 and a message (bottom left) tells you what Word feature that key combination may already be assigned to. In this case, the F9 key is already in use by Word for UpdateFields: If you are happy to change the shortcut key from using this advanced feature to using your new highlighting macro, just select the u2018Assign u2019 button, otherwise press the delete key and try some other key combinations.
(See below for other suggested key combinations to use for these macros).