Do you suffer from highlightitis? It's that nasty condition where you never correctly get all the text you need. Instead, small fragments are highlighted leaving you frustrated.

One nice feature of Windows is that there is generally more than one way to perform a task. For many years, I thought the only way to highlight text was to left-click and drag my mouse over my selection.

This method worked fine, but I often ran into problems if I had to scroll to the next screen especially with a laptop computer. Sometimes the page would scroll with me and other times it would stop, forcing me to let up on the left mouse button. Now, if I need to highlight a large amount of text in a Windows program or on the web, I use a foolproof alternate method. This method definitely makes copy and paste easier.

To highlight a large amount of text,

1. Left-click with your mouse at the beginning of your selection.

2. Release the mouse.

3. Scroll down to the end of your selection.

4. Press your Shift key and left-click with your mouse.