Stop selecting whole line when select first character?

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JoeFrum

Hi,

I can select the 2nd character in a line by itself, but if I try to
select just the 1st character in the line, Word "helpfully" selects
the entire line.

Is there some way to turn off or work around that behavior?

Thanks,
JF
 
Oops, my goof.

The "regular line of text" I was trying to select the first character
of, was not really a "regular line of text". Actually it was still a
hyper-link. It looked like regular text, because I had done
CTRL+spacebar to remove the styling from it, but underneath it was
still a hyper-link.

So is there some way to just select the first character of a
hyper-link?

Thanks,
JF
 
There are some Compatibility Options dealing with selection of fields (Tools
| Options | Compatibility).

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Place the insertion point _near_ the hyperlink then press the appropriate
arrow key to move the insertion point next to the character. Hold Shift &
press the arrow key again for each consecutive character to be selected.

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Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 
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