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I'm pretty sure that older versions of Microsoft Word would let me select a rectangular block of text by holding down the Alt key while dragging the mouse from one corner to the other. When I try it with Word 2013, pressing Alt just shows me a bunch of keyboard short cut hints. It may be related to the fact that I'm running Windows 7 under VirtualBox on Ubuntu.
How can I select a rectangular block of text in Word 2013?
Don Kirkby
Posted 2015-04-15T16:54:31.310
Reputation: 883
Works fine in Word 2013 using ALT for me. Just because it (also) shows the keyboard shortcuts in the ribbon doesn't seem to prevent it from being used as you suggest. – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2015-04-15T17:01:43.280
If it works for you, @Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007, it may be a problem with running under VirtualBox. I've added that to the question. – Don Kirkby – 2015-04-15T20:54:02.760