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by mgasparino

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In both WordPerfect and Word, the F8 key turns on marking such one uses for cut-and-paste. In WordPerfect, you could turn marking off, if you had accidently started marking in the wrong place, by hitting F8 again or mouse-clicking anywhere else. Neither of those things work in Word. Hitting the F8 key again just makes things worse. All I have figured out to do is to close and re-open the document. There has to be a better way.

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by sankulpune

Hello mgasparino,

1) If you start selecting at a wrong place, don't hit F8, just click anywhere in the doc and your selection will be cancelled.
2) However, if you hit F8 after selection process has started you can't abort it simply by clicking.This is because by hitting the F8 key, you enter in extend mode (as displayed on the status bar.).
You can deal with this situationin two ways:
A) Double click on the 'Ext' button highlighted on the status bar to switch it off and then click anywhere on the document.
B) A more simple way is to press 'Esc' and then click anywhere on the document.

Your feedback will be highly appreciated,

With best regards,

SanganakSakha,
Your Friend In Need.

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