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Smart Word Selection in IE - how to disable?
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Mar 15, 20264150 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Where can I configure in IE (or Windows) to stop it from smart selecting the words? I want to select like this... ... but IE simply doesn't allow me. I've figured it out for MS Word, but for IE, I've been unlucky with my searching so far. (In MS Word, you can disable this by unchecking in .)
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"When selecting, automatically select entire word"
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While I mostly want full-word selection (I regularly trip over the lack of it in other browsers where I need to be extra-precise in where I place the cursor which kinda sucks) for the few cases where it's unwanted I just switch to caret browsing wit…
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