# Cannot Ctrl+A to select and entire topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-ctrl-a-to-select-and-entire-topic/336047>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [November 14, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-ctrl-a-to-select-and-entire-topic/336047 "2024-11-14T00:00:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![artenaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@artenaki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/artenaki)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-ctrl-a-to-select-and-entire-topic/336047/1 "2024-11-14T00:00:24Z")

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I send the highlighted text to the Text to Speech program to avoid eye fatigue. The engine forbids this and the selection disappears. Could you please tell me why and how to fix it?

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