How do you select all objects in Word to move?

Microsoft Word provides features to select multiple objects in Microsoft Word document. This article explains how to select multiple objects or shapes in the MS Word Document.

Microsoft Office 2010

Step (1). Open Microsoft Word 2010 document.

Step (2). Select multiple objects by holding Ctrl key down and mouse click on objects. This way we can select multiple objects.

If your document have so many overlapped objects, it is bit difficult to select them using mouse. Instead of this, you can select the multiple objects from Selection Pane. Following steps explain how to select multiple objects using Selection Pane.

Step (1). Click on Home tab and select Select item under Editing section. It will display a sub-menu.

Step (2). In sub-menu select Selection Pane… menu item. It will display Selection and Visibility window/pane. It will display the shapes on the current page.

Step (3). You can select multiple objects/shapes by holding Ctrl key down and mouse click on objects/shapes in the Selection and Visibility pane/window.

Another way of selecting multiple objects is by dragging the mouse over the objects with in the mouse dragged area. This is simple and easy to use feature. This feature was available in earlier versions of MS Word 2010. At the time of writing this article this feature is not available in MS Word 2010. Strange!

Following steps achieve this by converting the MS Word 2010 document to Word 97 – 2003 document type.

Step (1). Open Microsoft Word 2010 document.

Step (2). Save As the document to Word 97-20013 document type. The document may loose some of the features supported in Word 2010 document format. Be careful while converting the document to old format.

Step (3). Click on Home tab. It will display Home tab items.

Step (4). Select Select item under Editing section. It will display a sub-menu.

Step (5). In sub-menu select Select Objects menu item. This is a check menu item. Means if you click on Select Objects menu item on first time; Microsoft Word will enable you to select multiple objects. If you click on second time on Select Objects menu item; it will disable you to select multiple objects.

Step (6). Now drag your mouse pointer (by pressing left mouse button) over the objects you want to select.

Step (7). The objects which are there in the mouse dragged area will be selected and you can do operations on multiple selected objects or shapes.

If you have ever inserted an object (like a picture, shape, or clipart) into a Word document and then made the unfortunate move where you pushed it behind your text…

…and now it seems forever trapped behind a sea of impenetrable words.  No matter how hard you try to click, you just cant seem to select that image again.

That image now appears forever disconnected; never again shall it be cropped, moved, or resized.  Don’t fall into the trap of most users where you end up deleting all of that valuable text just to get to the image that hides behind.

HELP IS ON THE WAY!

There is a very simple way of selecting any object in a Word document, no matter where it lies.  The silver bullet for this problem is called the Selection Pane.  The Selection Pane provides you with a list of all of the inserted objects in the document.  To activate the Selection Pane, select the HOME tab, then in the Editing group of controls click Select followed by Selection Pane… in the provided dropdown list.

The right side of your screen will now be occupied by the Selection Pane.  A list of every object (non-text) in your document will be listed.  By clicking the name of the object, you can select the object regardless of any normal selection obstacles you have fought with in the past.

This technique for selecting object is also useful in PowerPoint when you have many small objects on a slide and you have difficulty targeting a specific item.

You can also temporarily hide an object by clicking the Show/Hide icon (looks like an eye) to the right of the listed item.  This is especially helpful when you have a lot of distracting images in your document and you want to focus solely on the text.  There is even a Show All and Hide All feature located at the top of the Selection Pane for when you just want it all to “take a break”.

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