Cursor visual selection
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Registry
HKCU
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options Options
cursorselection enum - Block
->
0 - Continuous
->
1
Description
Specifies if Block or Continuous selection shall be used. Block selection parodies the selection behavior within the Windows explorer when files in a folder. You draw a rectangle with the curson, and everything inside the rectangle is selected.