Support so many Mac OS X applications to select blocks of text, with it you can select a piece of text without end of the selection rules. This option can be very useful when some text from a particular column or table to copy.
To select a block to hold down the Option key while you ⌥ a text select cursor into a cross. You can select the method in any Cocoa application such as TextEdit and Mail.
This block selection method works on the Mac version of Microsoft Word, however, this application will not move the cursor shape.
Under Mac OS X, it is also possible to make multiple selections in a text. This is done by the CMD ⌘ pressed into account when selecting the text. Hold the ⌘ cmd and select another piece of printed using your mouse or trackpad. On the selected text edits can easily be copied, cut and paste run.