.. _bpy.ops.font.move_select:
.. _bpy.ops.font.select_all:

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Selecting Text
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.. figure:: /images/modeling_texts_selecting_cursor.png
   :width: 340px

   Text in Edit Mode.

In Edit Mode, your text has a white cursor, and as in any text editor,
it determines where new chars will be inserted.

Select All :kbd:`Ctrl-A`
   Selects the full text.
Top/Bottom :kbd:`Shift-Ctrl-Home`/ :kbd:`Shift-Ctrl-End`
   Moves the cursor to the start or end of the text object.
Next/Previous Character :kbd:`Left`/ :kbd:`Right`
   You can move the cursor with the arrow keys.
Next/Previous Word :kbd:`Ctrl-Left`/ :kbd:`Ctrl-Right`
   To move the cursor on a word's boundary.
Line Begin/End :kbd:`Home`/ :kbd:`End`
   Move the cursor to the beginning and end of a line respectively.
Next/Previous Line :kbd:`Up`/ :kbd:`Down`
   To jump between lines.
Next/Previous Block :kbd:`PageUp`/ :kbd:`PageDown`
   To jump back/forward ten lines at a time.

Hold :kbd:`Shift` while using the arrow keys to select a part of the text.
You can use it to specify different materials, the normal/bold/italic style...
