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You can switch between STD = Standard, EXT = Extend, ADD = Add, BLK = Block selection.</ahelp></paragraph> 55</section> 56<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> 57<table id="tbl_id3157991"> 58<tablerow> 59<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153394" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4"> 61<emph>Display</emph> 62</paragraph> 63</tablecell> 64<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149095" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5"> 66<emph>Mode</emph> 67</paragraph> 68</tablecell> 69<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155941" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"> 71<emph>Effect</emph> 72</paragraph> 73</tablecell> 74</tablerow> 75<tablerow> 76<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 77<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149827" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">STD</paragraph> 78</tablecell> 79<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 80<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152780" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Standard mode</paragraph> 81</tablecell> 82<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 83<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> 84</tablecell> 85</tablerow> 86<tablerow> 87<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 88<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149763" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">EXT</paragraph> 89</tablecell> 90<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 91<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149580" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Extension mode (F8)</paragraph> 92</tablecell> 93<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 94<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> 95</tablecell> 96</tablerow> 97<tablerow> 98<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 99<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154047" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">ADD</paragraph> 100</tablecell> 101<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 102<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147620" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Additional selection mode (Shift+F8)</paragraph> 103</tablecell> 104<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 105<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> 106</tablecell> 107</tablerow> 108<tablerow> 109<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 110<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7234717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">BLK</paragraph> 111</tablecell> 112<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 113<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> 114</tablecell> 115<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 116<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5258644" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A block of text can be selected.</paragraph> 117</tablecell> 118</tablerow> 119</table> 120<switch select="sys"> 121<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> 122</case> 123</switch></body> 124</helpdocument> 125