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, 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.)