How select word with keyboard

How select word in text without a mouse?

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Arrow (left, right, up or down) in front of the first character of the word. While holding down the shift key right arrow to the last character (or you could go from last character right arrow to the first) release the shift and arrow key(s). The word is now selected.

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http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.word/browse_thread/th read/142d8f1a8ce9a4f7/e1a19a315ba7a679?lnk=gst&q=internationalkeyboard&rnum=8&hl=en#e1a19a315ba7a679
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This is a bid hard to explain so I'll use an example. Say we have the following
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xpro wrote:
I'm trying to find a way to write strings which selects one of the words inside the brackets, so when the string is initialized "I would like to meet you" would go into s and another time "I would like to see you" would go into s. What is the best way to achieve this? how can I write it in a good clean way?First of all, you have to be very clear about what the rules are:
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luisandre wrote:
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I fixed the problem by replacing the keyboard!
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