| Action or command | Keyboard shortcut |
| Select one or more characters | Click in front of the first character and drag across the characters you want to select |
| Select a word | Double-click the word |
| Select a line of text | Click three times in the line |
| Select a paragraph | Click four times in the paragraph |
| Select All | Apple-A (also called Command-A) |
| Select blocks of text | Click the start of a text block, and then Shift-click the end of another text block |
| Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the paragraph | Shift-Option-Up Arrow |
| Select from the insertion point to the end of the paragraph | Shift-Option-Down Arrow |
| Extend the selection one line at a time | Shift-Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Right Arrow, Left Arrow |