Can’t select text within textbox with powerpoint on iPadOS18

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Can’t select text within textbox with powerpoint on iPadOS18

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When selecting text within the textbox of powerpoint on iPadOS, click and drag the mouse or trackpad only moves the cursor around instead of selecting the characters and words. Double clicking to select the word and tripple clicking to select the paragraph are both working, so does shift+arrows.

Found some articles on various forums mentioned it could be the assistive touch function, but it has always been turned off. Anyone knows how to fix this?

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It looks buggy to me. While it's possible to select text, it's way harder then it should be. Please tap on the three-dot icon at the right end of the Ribbon, then scroll down to Help & Feedback. Tap on Tell Us What Can Be Better and report the problem. Submitting sends a report to the PowerPoint for iOS team. They are unlikely to reply.

As a workaround, double-tap on text so the insertion point starts flashing. Then tap and hold to select the text. It's not working well, but it's possible here.