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See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. * ***********************************************************--> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textshared0220050000xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Selection Mode</title> <filename>/text/shared/02/20050000.xhp</filename> </topic> </meta> <body> <section id="selektionsmodus"> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148668"> <bookmark_value>selection modes in text</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>text; selection modes</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>extension mode in text</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>additional selection mode</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>block selection mode</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:SelectionMode" id="bm_id7365159" localize="false"/> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:SelectionMode" id="bm_id3144740" localize="false"/> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:StatusSelectionMode" id="bm_id2039489" localize="false"/> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:StatusSelectionMode" id="bm_id3149495" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148668" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/shared/02/20050000.xhp" name="Selection Mode">Selection Mode</link></paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146130" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="2"><ahelp hid=".uno:StatusSelectionMode">Displays the current selection mode. You can switch between STD = Standard, EXT = Extend, ADD = Add, BLK = Block selection.</ahelp></paragraph> </section> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153894" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">Each click in the field cycles through the available options:</paragraph> <table id="tbl_id3157991"> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153394" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4"> <emph>Display</emph> </paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149095" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5"> <emph>Mode</emph> </paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155941" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"> <emph>Effect</emph> </paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149827" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">STD</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152780" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Standard mode</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147209" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Click in text where you want to position the cursor; click in a cell to make it the active cell. Any other selection is then deselected.</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149763" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">EXT</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149580" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Extension mode (F8)</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Clicking in the text extends or crops the current selection.</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154047" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">ADD</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147620" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Additional selection mode (Shift+F8)</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154307" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">A new selection is added to an existing selection. The result is a multiple selection.</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7234717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">BLK</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6971037" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Block selection mode (<switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Shift+F8)</paragraph> </tablecell> <tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5258644" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A block of text can be selected.</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> </table> <switch select="sys"> <case select="WIN"><paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4441663" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">On Windows systems, you can hold down the <item type="keycode">Alt</item> key while dragging to select a block of text. You don't need to enter the block selection mode.<comment>i83613</comment></paragraph> </case> </switch></body> </helpdocument>