Working With Graphics and Pictures in Word 2016. Click on the image to select it. You will see a bounding box around the image. Right click on the image, and you'll see the Crop option in the menu. To the right of the shape, you'll see the text wrapping button to format your text around the shape. While selecting a text or a part of a text in Word for Mac 2016 (v15.13.1) - it is irrelevant if the selection was made by keyboard or mouse - it does not highlight the selected text. The selection itself was done, which could be proven by cut'n paste the selected text.
Select all text • Click anywhere within the document. • Press Ctrl+A on your keyboard to select all text in the document. Select specific text You can also select a specific word, line of text, or one or more paragraphs. • Place your cursor in front of the first letter of the word, sentence, or paragraphs you want to select.
• Click and hold while you drag your cursor to select the text you want. Other ways to select text • To select a single word, quickly double-click that word. • To select a line of text, place your cursor at the start of the line, and press Shift + down arrow. • To select a paragraph, place your cursor at the start of the paragraph, and press Ctrl + Shift + down arrow.
Notes: To select an entire document, do one of the following: • On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Select, and then click Select All. • Move the pointer to the left of any text until it turns into a right-pointing arrow, and then triple-click. To select Do this Any amount of text Click where you want to begin the selection, hold down the left mouse button, and then drag the pointer over the text that you want to select.
A word Double-click anywhere in the word. A line of text Move the pointer to the left of the line until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then click. A sentence Hold down CTRL, and then click anywhere in the sentence. A paragraph Triple-click anywhere in the paragraph.

Multiple paragraphs Move the pointer to the left of the first paragraph until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then press and hold down the left mouse button while you drag the pointer up or down. A large block of text Click at the start of the selection, scroll to the end of the selection, and then hold down SHIFT while you click where you want the selection to end. An entire document Move the pointer to the left of any text until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then triple-click. Headers and footers In Print Layout view, double-click the dimmed header or footer text. Move the pointer to the left of the header or footer until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then click. Footnotes and endnotes Click the footnote or endnote text, move the pointer to the left of the text until it changes to a right-pointing arrow, and then click. A vertical block of text Hold down ALT while you drag the pointer over the text.
A text box or frame Move the pointer over the border of the frame or text box until the pointer becomes a four-headed arrow, and then click. Select items in a table To select Do this The contents of a cell Click in the cell. Under Table Tools, click the Layout tab. In the Table group, click Select, and then click Select Cell. The contents of a row Click in the row. Under Table Tools, click the Layout tab.