Text Selection Techniques

Introduction
Text selection consists of isolating part of the text of a document, for any reason that is necessary. Why you select text and what you do with the selected text are two completely different issues. This means that text can be selected for any reason. The effect produced while selecting text is also different depending on the application. Also, as always, some applications may provide a feature that is not available in some others.

Text indicates that it is selected when it appears with a different background color than the other characters. It is also said that the text is highlighted. When text is selected, it appears inside of a black or blue background.

Actually, the color of the background depends; it is usually the same as the text but it gets the opposite color. For example, when a word in black is selected, it gets white but it gets drawn in a black background.

Here is an example of the letter "a" selected inside of the word "quartiers":

Here is an example of the word "quartiers" selected in a paragraph:
Here is an example of a paragraph selected in a document:
Text is primarily selected using the mouse but you can also use a keyboard
or a combination of both.