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Select characters

  1. Select the Horizontal Type tool  or the Vertical Type tool .
  2. Select the type layer in the Layers panel, or click in the text to automatically select a type layer.
  3. Position the insertion point in the text, and do one of the following:

    • Drag to select one or more characters.

    • Click in the text, and then Shift-click to select a range of characters.

    • Choose Select > All to select all the characters in the layer.

    • Double-click a word to select it. Triple-click a line to select it. Quadruple-click a paragraph to select it. Quintuple-click anywhere in the text flow to select all characters in a bounding box.

    • To use the arrow keys to select characters, click in the text, and then hold down Shift and press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow key. To use the keys to select words, hold down Shift+Ctrl (Windows) or Shift+Command (Mac OS) and press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow key.

  4. To select all the characters in a layer without positioning the insertion point in the text flow, select the type layer in the Layers panel, and then double-click the layer’s type icon.
    Important: Selecting and formatting characters in a type layer puts the Type tool into edit mode.