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"saneman" <asdfsdf@asd.com> wrote in message 
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> Is there someway to select text in emacs like in windows where you use 
> Shift and one of the arrows or End, Home, Pg up, Pg down?

Hi, perhaps you should start by looking at the NT Emacs FAQ

      http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html

It refers to something called CUA package which might do what you want.

Cheers,
Uday Reddy