This feels like a really dumb question, as it was dead easy in my previous version of Word - hold shift and drag a box around the objects. This doesn't work in Word 2007 - I seem to have to select each one, then hold shift while clicking every other one in turn. Surely there is something simple I'm missing? (The Help files are no good - of course...) I have discovered the dragging method works if I make a "New Drawing Canvas" first (I then get a pointer instead of the cursor). Is this the only way? (I'm working with a whole load of graphics in an ordinary Word document, no drawing canvas. They are simple circles with text boxes in them.)
Not really a dumb question, just a dumb location - On the Home Tab, right end, click the Select button then pick the Select Objects tool... You'd think it would be available in the Drawing Tools as well, huh?:-) -- HTH |:>) Bob Jones Office:Mac MVP "Jon Riley" wrote in message news:OO1PsFI0IHA.5892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > This feels like a really dumb question, as it was dead easy in my previous > version of Word - hold shift and drag a box around the objects. > This doesn't work in Word 2007 - I seem to have to select each one, then > hold shift while clicking every other one in turn. > Surely there is something simple I'm missing? > (The Help files are no good - of course...) > > I have discovered the dragging method works if I make a "New Drawing > Canvas" first (I then get a pointer instead of the cursor). Is this the > only way? (I'm working with a whole load of graphics in an ordinary Word > document, no drawing canvas. They are simple circles with text boxes in > them.)
Belated thanks! "CyberTaz" <gtz1@comcastdotnet> wrote in message news:eYu%23w9i1IHA.5944@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Not really a dumb question, just a dumb location - On the Home Tab, right > end, click the Select button then pick the Select Objects tool... You'd > think it would be available in the Drawing Tools as well, huh?:-) > > -- > HTH |:>) > Bob Jones > Office:Mac MVP > > "Jon Riley" wrote in message > news:OO1PsFI0IHA.5892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> This feels like a really dumb question, as it was dead easy in my >> previous version of Word - hold shift and drag a box around the objects. >> This doesn't work in Word 2007 - I seem to have to select each one, then >> hold shift while clicking every other one in turn. >> Surely there is something simple I'm missing? >> (The Help files are no good - of course...) >> >> I have discovered the dragging method works if I make a "New Drawing >> Canvas" first (I then get a pointer instead of the cursor). Is this the >> only way? (I'm working with a whole load of graphics in an ordinary Word >> document, no drawing canvas. They are simple circles with text boxes in >> them.) >
