Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

While clicking and dragging is useful for selecting blocks of text, it can be cumbersome for finer selections, such as selecting individual characters or text that extends across multiple screens.

Depending upon the font size of a document and your hand-eye coordination, it can be difficult to position the mouse cursor exactly where you want it when selecting text. Here's how to quickly select ...

If you're constantly losing your place or having to start from nearly the beginning of text selection processes because your mouse twitches or your cursor gets away from you, stop getting "dragged" ...

With the release of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, Apple introduced a number of new text editing taps and gestures that can be performed on both iPhones and iPads. These taps and gestures make it quicker and ...

The Penguin update changed anchor text optimization forever. With the significant effort Google has put into identifying anchor text manipulation, it’s fair to say that it’s still a significant ...

Save steps when you want to format, link, comment or copy distinct sections of text in a Google Doc. Google Docs, which is part of Google Workspace, supports non-contiguous text selection, which means ...

Sometimes, for whatever reason, you might need to select a weird block of text that doesn’t seem possible with the usual click and drag. For those moments, Redditor whosingsthings points out that ...

The new version of the text magnifier seems to be a bit smaller than the old one (in case you’ve forgotten what it used to look like, you can see a great demonstration here), but it’s at least better ...