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Select all text in a document

How do you select all the text on a page in pages on an iPad without a control key or mouse?

iPad, iPadOS 16

Posted on Jan 6, 2023 6:22 PM

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Posted on Jan 7, 2023 1:20 AM

'Select all' is more difficult to access than before. Millions of users think it is gone. This works in almost all apps

Position cursor | at beginning by tapping/clicking. Tap same spot again. Slowly double tapping a blank space has the same effect. Hey presto 'select all' appears.

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