What happened to "Double-Click & Drag" to select a range of text?

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What happened to "Double-Click & Drag" to select a range of text?

Mote, Kevin D 11

This functionality has been available for decades in Office tools, but it seems to have vanished in Office 365 (at least in the Teams app). As another user has posted: "Double clicking and then dragging to highlight words is basic Windows Functionality and has been forever."

WHAT HAPPENED? Please bring it back!

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Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,046 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @Mote, Kevin D ,
The feature is removed from Office 365, in my opinion, you can try to give a feedback to Microsoft. You can go to File- Feedback and send your suggestion to Microsoft:

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Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,046 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-08-12T09:49:27.95+00:00

Hi @Mote, Kevin D ,
Just checking in to see if the information was helpful. Please let us know if you would like further assistance.
Mote, Kevin D 11 Reputation points

2021-08-12T15:48:11.31+00:00

Well, that feeback option is only available in the Desktop client tool, whereas this concerns the Teams version of the app. However, I went ahead and submitted feedback as suggested. Thanks
Emi Zhang-MSFT 30,046 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-08-17T01:57:50.537+00:00

:)
Olivier Gérardin 0 Reputation points

2024-07-31T12:14:15.1533333+00:00

This information is not helpful and is incorrect, since this feature has been removed from Power Point only.

Why would Microsoft remove a feature which has been present in all other Microsoft products for as far as I can remember, and is still present in all other Microsoft products?

I'd rather believe it's unintended and there's a name for this: it's a regression.

Please Microsoft: fix it.

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