Screenwriter uses the standard Microsoft® Windows® methods of text selection.
Menu Selection—Place the cursor on the word to be selected. Under the Edit menu, choose from:
Select All—Selects the entire document.
Select Special—Displays options for selecting by:
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Word—Selects the word where the cursor is located. |
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Sentence—Selects the entire sentence where the cursor is located. |
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Element—Selects the entire element where the cursor is located. |
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Group—Selects a group of adjacent elements, including the one where the cursor is located (for example, Character Name plus Parenthetical plus Dialogue.) |
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Page—Selects the entire page where the cursor is located. |
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Scene—Selects the entire scene where the cursor is located. |
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Scene Range—Displays a list of your script's Scene Headings. Click on or drag the cursor over the ones you want to select, and click on OK. |
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Extend Selection—Displays an Extend Block menu, with options for extending your selection backwards or forwards in the document from the Current Cursor Position. |
Mouse Selection—Screenwriter has a variety of options for selecting text with the mouse:
Left-Click—Using the mouse, Left-Click directly in front of the text to be selected. While holding the Left Button down, drag the mouse cursor across the text. Release the button when all the desired text is highlighted. (To continue selecting text that's off screen, move the mouse cursor above or below the document window while still holding the button down—it continues scrolling and selecting in that direction.)
Double-Click—Place the cursor on the word to be selected.
Triple-Click—Triple clicking the Left mouse button on a word selects the entire Element in which that word is located.
CMD+Click—Pressing down the CMD key while clicking a word, selects the entire sentence in which that word is located.
Right Click—Place the cursor on the word/sentence/element to be selected. Right-Click the mouse to bring up the context menu, then use the Select Special submenu to make your selection.
Keyboard Selection—Place the cursor on the word/sentence/element to be selected. Press the SHIFT key and hold it down. Press other movement keys, such as an arrow or page up/down key, to highlight the text. Release both keys when the desired text is selected.
