How to select all words in Word using the keyboard shortcut To select all text in Word using the shortcut, press the Ctrl + A keys together and the entire text in the document will be selected.

How to double space a whole document in Word in newer versions of Office In an open document, click Design. Select Paragraph Spacing. Now choose Double. Select Double from the dropdown menu.

And, you can perform similar steps to select whole text in other document editing applications. Read: Cannot select more than one file or folder in Windows.