Cool Mouse Trick

 I just found a cool mouse trick.

You know when you're selecting text to highlight so you can copy and paste from one document to another? And how annoying it can be trying to get your cursor in just exactly the right place?

Just put your cursor anywhere on the first word of the text you want and double-click. The word highlights; don't release your mouse. Then you can drag the cursor over the text until you get as far as you want.

Another way: select text with your keyboard, not your mouse. Move the cursor to where you want to begin, and press Shift-right arrow (Shift-left arrow goes in the opposite direction). That advances your marked text one letter at a time. Press Shift-Control-arrow to move one word at a time.