Stop selecting whole line when select first character?

[JoeFrum]

Hi,

I can select the 2nd character in a line by itself, but if I try to
select just the 1st character in the line, Word "helpfully" selects
the entire line.

Is there some way to turn off or work around that behavior?

Thanks,
JF

 

[Alan Cobb]

Oops, my goof.

The "regular line of text" I was trying to select the first character
of, was not really a "regular line of text". Actually it was still a
hyper-link. It looked like regular text, because I had done
CTRL+spacebar to remove the styling from it, but underneath it was
still a hyper-link.

So is there some way to just select the first character of a
hyper-link?

Thanks,
JF

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There are some Compatibility Options dealing with selection of fields (Tools
| Options | Compatibility).

 

[CyberTaz]

Place the insertion point _near_ the hyperlink then press the appropriate
arrow key to move the insertion point next to the character. Hold Shift &
press the arrow key again for each consecutive character to be selected.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac