[Off Topic] Rectangular Cut and Paste in MS Word

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[Off Topic] Rectangular " Cut and Paste " in MS Word

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Have you ever wanted to copy or cut out a rectangular

region of text in MS Word?

Note: This works in MS Word. Nowhere else. Use an

equally spaced font (like " courier new " ), to do clean

rectangular cuts.

1) Place the window cursor at the corner of the rectangle

where you want to start the rectangular text cut.

2) Simultaneously depress key-combo: CTRL-SHFT-F8

You only need depress -- then let up.

3) Use the keyboard arrow-keys to move the cursor

to the opposite end of the rectangle. Notice

how a rectangular region of text is highlighted.

4) Press CTRL-C to copy, CTRL-X to cut, (or use the

edit menu to perform these operations).

5) You now have a rectangular block of text in your

paste buffer, and can paste it anywhere you wish.

Note: In MS Word, it is also possible to hold down

the Alt-key, and drag the mouse while the Alt-key

is depressed to highlight a rectangular block.

-- Warren