 Select All (Edit Menu)  CTRL+A
Select All (Edit Menu)  CTRL+A
Select All selects (see selection) all visible, editable objects in the current document. For more details on selecting objects, see Selecting objects.
Note
 Pressing CTRL+A when using the Text Tool selects all the characters in the text object.
 Pressing CTRL+A when using the Text Tool selects all the characters in the text object.