Outlook should have a "smart select" function

When I'm typing along and make a typographical error, it would be very useful
to be able to do a "Ctrl+Chift+<--" on the fly and have it only select up to
the point where the mistake first began, instead of selecting the entire
word. For instance, if I've done something obviously wrong like hit caps
lock by accident so that "accident" comes out as "acciDENT", it would be far
less disruptive to have Word recognize the obvious error (this function could
be toggled on or off in the event a user does not care to use it) and select
only up to the beginning of the error, "DENT", so I can just re-type that and
keep going.

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Graham
Fri Aug 15 06:25:23 PDT 2008

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One man's error is another man's deliberate intention; however, Word already
has such a feature Shift+Left Arrow. Hold this combination until the cursor
reaches what you consider to be a mistake. Use the right arrow to reduce the
selection if you overshoot

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iamthecheez wrote:
> When I'm typing along and make a typographical error, it would be
> very useful to be able to do a "Ctrl+Chift+<--" on the fly and have
> it only select up to the point where the mistake first began, instead
> of selecting the entire word. For instance, if I've done something
> obviously wrong like hit caps lock by accident so that "accident"
> comes out as "acciDENT", it would be far less disruptive to have Word
> recognize the obvious error (this function could be toggled on or off
> in the event a user does not care to use it) and select only up to
> the beginning of the error, "DENT", so I can just re-type that and
> keep going.
>
> ----------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
> the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
> button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
> Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=fae171fc-d7d4-4e27-880d-e45dece434ef&dg=microsoft.public.word.vba.general