1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textswriter0218130000xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Direct Cursor On/Off</title> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/swriter/02/18130000.xhp</filename> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="schacur"> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147167"><bookmark_value>direct cursor; restriction</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:ShadowCursor" id="bm_id4799596" localize="false"/><!-- HID added by script --> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:ShadowCursor" id="bm_id3154504" localize="false"/> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147167" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/swriter/02/18130000.xhp" name="Direct Cursor On/Off">Direct Cursor On/Off</link></paragraph> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152896" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><ahelp hid=".uno:ShadowCursor">Activates or deactivates the direct cursor.</ahelp> You can specify the behavior of the direct cursor by choosing <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - <link href="text/shared/optionen/01040600.xhp" name="Text Document - Formatting Aids">%PRODUCTNAME Writer - Formatting Aids</link></emph>.</paragraph> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="syschacur"> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3151173" name="tbl_id3151173"> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147508" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<image id="img_id3154840" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_shadowcursor.png" ><alt id="alt_id3154840" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </image></paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151310" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">Direct Cursor On/Off</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154570" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">The direct cursor allows you to click in any blank area of a page to place text, images, tables, frames, and other objects.</paragraph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155902" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">If you place the direct cursor approximately in the middle between the left and the right margin of a page or a table cell, the text you insert will be centered. Similarly, text is right-aligned when the direct cursor is placed on the right margin.</paragraph> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3151255" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">The AutoCorrect tool automatically removes empty paragraphs, tabs, and spaces that are inserted by the direct cursor. If you want to use the direct cursor, then disable the AutoCorrect tool.</paragraph> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148982" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">The direct cursor sets tabs to position the cursor. If you change the tabs later. the position of the text on the page may change as well.</paragraph> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 64
