Text Selection methods with Mouse:

1. Drag over the text to be selected
2. Double click to select one word at a time
3. triple click to select one paragraph at a time
4. click either side of text block, hold shift and click at other end of text block

Text Selection methods with keyboard:

1. hold shift, use arrow keys to select one character at a time
2. press home/end, hold shift, press end/home to select one line.
3. hold ctrl+shift, and use arrow keys to select one word/paragraph at a time
4. ctrl+A to select all