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How to select shorter paragraphs in Word?

Author Amanda Li Last modified

Sometimes, you may need to select shorter paragraphs - those that contain fewer than a specific number of characters - for formatting, cleanup, or reorganization purposes. Manually doing this across a long document can be time-consuming. This tutorial shows how to select shorter paragraphs both manually and automatically using Kutools for Word.

Select shorter paragraphs one by one

Select shorter paragraphs with Kutools for Word

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Select shorter paragraphs one by one

To manually select shorter paragraphs in a Word document:

  1. Use your mouse to highlight one shorter paragraph.
  2. Hold Ctrl and continue selecting additional shorter paragraphs one by one.

This method can become time-consuming if the document contains many short paragraphs.


Select shorter paragraphs with Kutools for Word

Looking for a faster way? Kutools for Word makes it easy to select all shorter paragraphs - those containing fewer than a specified number of characters - with just one click.

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  1. Click Kutools > Paragraphs > Select Shorter Paragraphs.
    Select Shorter Paragraphs option on the Kutools tab on the ribbon

All shorter paragraphs are selected at once.

Note: You can customize the character limit to determine which paragraphs are considered short.

  1. Click the arrow in the lower-right corner of the Paragraph group to open settings.
    Paragraph settings arrow button
  2. Set the character limit in the Select Options dialog box.
    Select Options dialog box
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