OT - minor windows question

[Krsqk]

I assume you're referring to Windows's habit of highlighting an entire word when you just want a portion, or selecting a word and the following space when you just want the word. It annoys me, too. I eventually get it to select what I want by jiggling the cursor back and forth—eventually, it gets the right idea.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

i modify it's selection with the arrow keys or just use the arrow keys. but it's still annoying.

[Shrapnel]

If you try highlighting from left to right, it will highlight the whole word/phrase/sentence.

Try highlighting from right to left instead.

Also, if you begin highlighting a portion, and you catch the space before the word/sentence/phrase, it will automatically highlight the whole word, so start highlighting at the first letter.

Did this make any sense?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

yep. i take it you can't turn it off?

[Atrocities]

I don't believe you can, but then again, email microsoft and ask them.

[Will]

Go to View / Options;
Select Options tag;
Uncheck the "Automatic word selection" box.

And I find it annoying too. If I want to select an entire word, I'll select the entire word damnit, I don't want my software to be designed with the assumption that I always want to select everything (especially annoying with URLs).

[narf poit chez BOOM]

thanks.