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• Click where you want to place the cursor.
• Use the left and right arrow keys to move left, right, up or down.
• Use "Ctrl + left and right arrow keys" to move left or right one word.
• Press "Home" or "End" to move to the start or end of the line.
• Press "Ctrl + Home", or "Ctrl + End" to move to the start or end of the text object.
Text selection:

• "Shift + any" of the above keys to select text
• Double click to select a word. Double click and drag to select whole words at a time.
• Triple click selects a whole line of text, or "Ctrl + L". Triple click and drag to select
whole lines at a time.
• Quadruple (4x) click selects a paragraph of text. Quadruple click and drag to select
whole paragraphs at a time.
• Or just drag across the text in the Text Tool to select the text
• "Ctrl + A" will select all the text in the text object (you must be in the TEXTTOOL.)

If you have a text selection any attribute change will apply only to the selected region of
text. If you have only the cursor in the text, then any attribute change, say selecting a
new color, will only appear when you type new text.

Selecting the whole text object
There is a quick shortcut for selecting the whole text object. Instead of using "Ctrl + A" or
dragging across all the text, simply press the "ESC" key. This removes the cursor but
selects the whole text (the status line will confirm 1 text object). This makes it easy to
apply an effect or attribute to the whole text selection.

For example, to change the font size of the whole text object, just press "ESC" and select
the new size from the InfoBar.
Switching case

Use the context menu to change the case of selected text, so right click and choose from
the following options..

• "CHANGE CASE TO" > "LOWER CASE"
• "CHANGE CASE TO" > "UPPER CASE"
• "CHANGE CASE TO" > "SENTENCE CASE"

Additionally...

Pressing "Ctrl + Shift + F1" will make selected text toggle between all uppercase and all
lowercase. So, if you've accidentally typed a section of text with the caps lock key on,
just select the text and press "Ctrl + Shift + F1".
Pressing "Ctrl + W" will swap the case of the character after the cursor and move the
cursor on. You can swap the case of a selected region of text, the same way. Uppercase
characters will become lowercase and vice versa. The cursor will not be moved.