Selecting characters

Before you can format individual characters, you must select them. You can select one character, a range of characters, or all characters in a type layer.

To select characters:

1. Do one of the following:
• (Photoshop) Select the Horizontal Type tool or the Vertical Type tool .
• (ImageReady) Select the Type tool .
2. Select the type layer in the Layers palette, or click in the text flow to automatically select a type layer.
3. Position the insertion point in the text, and do one of the following:
• Drag to select one or more characters.
• Click in the text and then shift-click to select a range of characters.
• Choose Select > All to select all the characters in the layer.
• Double-click a word to select it. Triple-click a line to select it. Quadruple-click a paragraph to select it. Quintuple-click anywhere in the text flow to select all characters in a bounding box.
• To use the arrow keys to select characters, click in the text, and then hold down Shift and press the Right arrow or Left arrow key. To use the arrow keys to select words, hold down Shift+Ctrl (Windows) or Shift+Command (Mac OS) and press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow key.
4. To select all the characters in a layer without positioning the insertion point in the text flow, select the type layer in the Layers palette, and then double-click the layer's type icon .

Note: In Photoshop, selecting and formatting characters in a type layer puts the Type tool into edit mode. See About using the type tools (Photoshop).

To show or hide selection highlighting (ImageReady):

Do one of the following:

• Choose View > Show > Text Selection.
• Choose View > Extras. This command shows or hides all selected items in the View > Show submenu. (See Working with Extras.)