Select forwards/backwards, word-by-word:

Alt-Shift-[Right|Left]arrow

Move forwards/backwards, word-by-word:

Alt-[Right|Left]arrow

I'd give some contrasting examples from Windows, but my local W98 box has just decided it doesn't want to boot. Good job I cloned the disk (using dd on Linux, natch) the other day.

Not ready reading drive C
Abort, Retry, Fail?
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simon