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See the License for the 21 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 22 * under the License. 23 * 24 ***********************************************************--> 25 26 27 28 29 <helpdocument version="1.0"> 30<meta> 31<topic id="textshared0220050000xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 32<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Selection Mode</title> 33<filename>/text/shared/02/20050000.xhp</filename> 34</topic> 35</meta> 36<body> 37<section id="selektionsmodus"> 38<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148668"><bookmark_value>selection modes in text</bookmark_value> 39<bookmark_value>text; selection modes</bookmark_value> 40<bookmark_value>extension mode in text</bookmark_value> 41<bookmark_value>additional selection mode</bookmark_value> 42<bookmark_value>block selection mode</bookmark_value> 43</bookmark> 44<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:SelectionMode" id="bm_id7365159" localize="false"/> 45<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:SelectionMode" id="bm_id3144740" localize="false"/> 46<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:StatusSelectionMode" id="bm_id2039489" localize="false"/> 47<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> 48<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> 49</section> 50<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> 51<table id="tbl_id3157991"> 52<tablerow> 53<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153394" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4"> 55<emph>Display</emph> 56</paragraph> 57</tablecell> 58<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149095" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5"> 60<emph>Mode</emph> 61</paragraph> 62</tablecell> 63<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155941" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"> 65<emph>Effect</emph> 66</paragraph> 67</tablecell> 68</tablerow> 69<tablerow> 70<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 71<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149827" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">STD</paragraph> 72</tablecell> 73<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 74<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152780" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Standard mode</paragraph> 75</tablecell> 76<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 77<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> 78</tablecell> 79</tablerow> 80<tablerow> 81<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 82<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149763" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">EXT</paragraph> 83</tablecell> 84<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 85<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149580" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Extension mode (F8)</paragraph> 86</tablecell> 87<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 88<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> 89</tablecell> 90</tablerow> 91<tablerow> 92<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 93<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154047" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">ADD</paragraph> 94</tablecell> 95<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 96<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147620" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Additional selection mode (Shift+F8)</paragraph> 97</tablecell> 98<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 99<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> 100</tablecell> 101</tablerow> 102<tablerow> 103<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 104<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7234717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">BLK</paragraph> 105</tablecell> 106<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 107<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> 108</tablecell> 109<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 110<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5258644" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A block of text can be selected.</paragraph> 111</tablecell> 112</tablerow> 113</table> 114<switch select="sys"> 115<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> 116</case> 117</switch></body> 118</helpdocument> 119