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If you need to select the entire document, Word makes it easy using the keyboard—just press Ctrl+A. If you are using the mouse and you don't want to let it go to use the keyboard, you may wonder if there is a way to select it all using the mouse.
Well, sort of. This mouse-based method still relies on pressing a key in order to do the trick:
Another way to do this is to simply triple-click the left mouse button after step 1.
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2018-11-25 14:59:14
Patty
I open five pages of format, make a section break and then insert a document. Word always wants to change what i have done to some my first five pages.
How can I save some formatting without Word changing it? Always a big problem for me.
I really do not like editing in Word... I do not like having styles to automatically change things...
Also, how do I change Word to not open in Calibri... I do not want that font?
No one has been able to help me with these things.
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This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Office 365. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: 
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