Windows VNC - highlighting/selecting text

[Harry Henderson]

I sent the below question about a few days ago and didn't get a single 
response.  Was hoping someone might catch it and have a few ideas this time 
around.  Thanks.

>I am using the Windows VNC server (Win2k, v3.3.3r9) and a Windows client 
>(Win98 SE).
>
>When regularly using Windows (no VNC) a common way to highlight/select 
>text to copy to the clipboard using the keyboard is by holding shift and 
>using the arrow keys to select a few characters or a few lines, etc.
>
>While shift works through VNC to make a letter upper-case as well as for 
>every other purpose I have seen, it does not function in this way to 
>highlight text.
>
>Has anyone else noticed this behavior, and is there a way to enable it so 
>that I can use shift to highlight text?  If not, is there any other way to 
>highlight text in a similar fashion without using the mouse?
>
>Thanks,
>Harry