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See the License for the 20*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * under the License. 22*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * 23*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 24*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist 25*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textswriter0218130000xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Direct Cursor On/Off</title> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/swriter/02/18130000.xhp</filename> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 33cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="schacur"> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147167"><bookmark_value>direct cursor; restriction</bookmark_value> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:ShadowCursor" id="bm_id4799596" localize="false"/><!-- HID added by script --> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:ShadowCursor" id="bm_id3154504" localize="false"/> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="syschacur"> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3151173" name="tbl_id3151173"> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147508" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<image id="img_id3154840" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_shadowcursor.png" ><alt id="alt_id3154840" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir </image></paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151310" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">Direct Cursor On/Off</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir 56cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir 61cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 64
