Selecting a Line of Text

If you are new to Word, coming from using a different type of word processor, you probably noticed that there is no command in Word to delete a line of text. You can do this quickly by moving the mouse pointer to the left of the line of text you want to select. Don't move the mouse pointer into the style area (if you have the style area displayed), but just to the left of the first character in the line. The mouse pointer turns into an arrow pointing up and right. Click once on the left mouse button, and the entire line of text is selected. You are then able to do any other editing function on that line of text, including deleting it (by pressing DEL or CTRL+X).

This tip applies to Word 6.0, Word 97, Word 2000 and Word 2002