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26<topic id="textshared0220050000xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Selection Mode</title>
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30</meta>
31<body>
32<section id="selektionsmodus">
33<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148668">
34<bookmark_value>selection modes in text</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>text; selection modes</bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>extension mode in text</bookmark_value>
37<bookmark_value>additional selection mode</bookmark_value>
38<bookmark_value>block selection mode</bookmark_value>
39</bookmark>
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44<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>
45<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>
46</section>
47<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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50<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153394" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">
52<emph>Display</emph>
53</paragraph>
54</tablecell>
55<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149095" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">
57<emph>Mode</emph>
58</paragraph>
59</tablecell>
60<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155941" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">
62<emph>Effect</emph>
63</paragraph>
64</tablecell>
65</tablerow>
66<tablerow>
67<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
68<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149827" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">STD</paragraph>
69</tablecell>
70<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
71<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152780" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Standard mode</paragraph>
72</tablecell>
73<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
74<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>
75</tablecell>
76</tablerow>
77<tablerow>
78<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
79<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149763" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">EXT</paragraph>
80</tablecell>
81<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
82<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149580" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Extension mode (F8)</paragraph>
83</tablecell>
84<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
85<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>
86</tablecell>
87</tablerow>
88<tablerow>
89<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
90<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154047" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">ADD</paragraph>
91</tablecell>
92<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
93<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147620" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Additional selection mode (Shift+F8)</paragraph>
94</tablecell>
95<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
96<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>
97</tablecell>
98</tablerow>
99<tablerow>
100<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
101<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7234717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">BLK</paragraph>
102</tablecell>
103<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
104<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>
105</tablecell>
106<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
107<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5258644" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A block of text can be selected.</paragraph>
108</tablecell>
109</tablerow>
110</table>
111<switch select="sys">
112<case select="WIN">
113<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>
114</case>
115</switch></body>
116</helpdocument>
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