Multiple clicks to select a line or paragraph

[JeffreySmith]

When using the method (3 clicks to select a line) and (4 clicks to select a paragraph), is there a way for the selection to not include the return at the end?

[Anna Lander]

Since EoP symbol is a part of line (or paragraph), you will select it together with all line. But after this you can click Shift + Left-arrow to deselect the last symbol.

[John Mensinger]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Anna+Lander  wrote

But after this you can click Shift + Left-arrow to deselect the last symbol.

I can't make this work Anna. Following multi-click selection, Shift+Left Arrow expands the selection backward from the first character selected to the previous EoP. That's precisely why I do the sequence above instead. I only run under Windows now, but I think I remember the same behavior on a Mac.

[Anna Lander · Accepted solution]

Oops, I checked it once more just now. Yes, you're right about Shift + Left-Arrow just after multiple click, it expands the selection backward. I confused it with another text editor.
But Ctrl+Shift+End selects all to the end of story, not of paragraph.
I try the CC19 in Windows.

The workflow that I've found is:
1. 3- or 4-clicks (depends on what you want to select);
2. Shift-End (sends the cursor to the end of selection);
3. Shift + Left-Arrow. Now the cursor is at the last symbol, and this action deselects it.

[John Mensinger]

Not with multiple clicks. The way I do this is:

1. Tap the T key to choose the Type tool
2. Click in the paragraph to set an active insertion point
3. Press Ctrl+Home to send the insertion point to the beginning of the paragraph
4. Press Ctrl+Shift+End to select the entire paragraph
5. Holding Shift from the previous step, tap the Left Arrow to deselect the return

Seems like a lot, I know, but once it's ingrained, it takes less than a second; T - click - press - press - tap. (And, if you place the step-2 click 2 at the beginning of the paragraph, you don't need step 3, although I find it quicker to forego aiming the click and use step 3, since the fingers on their way to those areas anyway.)