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sam jesse <revrvr@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi
>
> what do I need to put in my .emacs so that when I hit say F5 key, emacs highlights the word at the cursor?
> I will try to apply the same for the sentence with F6 and the paragraph with F7.
>
> thanks
>

You might want mark-word.

You can then extend the selection ot just delete/copy etc.