What Windows Keyboard Shortcut will Highlight a Block of Text?

Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts to Select Text in a Document

To select the current paragraph, triple-click it. To select a sentence (not just a line), hold down [Ctrl] and click once in any place within the sentence. To select a vertical block of text, click at the start of the block. Then, hold down the [Shift] key and click a second time at the opposite end of the block.

What is the Shortcut Key for Highlighting Text?

Adding highlighting: Select the text you want to highlight, then press Ctrl+Alt+H.

How do you Select a Block of Text with a Shortcut?

Select blocks of text by Shift-clicking
To select text blocks, position the cursor where you want to start the selection and then move or scroll to the location where you want to end the selection and Shift-click.

How do you Highlight Text Using the Keyboard?

Fortunately, Word includes a shortcut you can use to highlight text: just select it and then press Alt+Ctrl+H. The selected text is then highlighted, as desired.

How do you Highlight a Block of Text in Word?

To customize the selection area, position the cursor at the the beginning (or ending) of the block you want to select. Then, hold down the [Alt] key and drag your mouse up or down and right or left to select just the block you want—without Word's interfering assumptions.