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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Selection Mode</title>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<emph>Display</emph>
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<emph>Mode</emph>
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<emph>Effect</emph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149827" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">STD</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152780" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Standard mode</paragraph>
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<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>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149763" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">EXT</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149580" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Extension mode (F8)</paragraph>
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<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>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154047" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">ADD</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147620" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Additional selection mode (Shift+F8)</paragraph>
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<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>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7234717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">BLK</paragraph>
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<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>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5258644" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A block of text can be selected.</paragraph>
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<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>
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