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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Direct Cursor On/Off</title>
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34<bookmark_value>direct cursor; restriction</bookmark_value>
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38<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147167" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><link href="text/swriter/02/18130000.xhp" name="Direct Cursor On/Off">Direct Cursor On/Off</link></paragraph>
39<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152896" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><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>
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50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151310" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Direct Cursor On/Off</paragraph>
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55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154570" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">The direct cursor allows you to click in any blank area of a page to place text, images, tables, frames, and other objects.</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155902" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">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>
57<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3151255" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">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>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148982" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">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>
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