1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3 4<!-- 5*********************************************************************** 6 * 7 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 8 * 9 * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 10 * 11 * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 12 * 13 * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 14 * 15 * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 16 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 17 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 18 * 19 * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 20 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 21 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 22 * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details 23 * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). 24 * 25 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 26 * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see 27 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 28 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 29 * 30 ************************************************************************ 31 --> 32 33 34<meta> 35 <topic id="textswriterguidetext_direct_cursorxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 36 <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Using the Direct Cursor</title> 37 <filename>/text/swriter/guide/text_direct_cursor.xhp</filename> 38 </topic> 39 </meta> 40 <body> 41<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155178"><bookmark_value>text; cursor</bookmark_value> 42<bookmark_value>entering text with direct cursor</bookmark_value> 43<bookmark_value>direct cursor; settings</bookmark_value> 44<bookmark_value>writing with direct cursor</bookmark_value> 45<bookmark_value>cursor;direct cursor</bookmark_value> 46<bookmark_value>settings;direct cursor</bookmark_value> 47</bookmark> 48<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155178" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="24"><variable id="text_direct_cursor"><link href="text/swriter/guide/text_direct_cursor.xhp" name="Using the Direct Cursor">Using the Direct Cursor</link></variable></paragraph> 49 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155908" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="25">The direct cursor allows you to enter text anywhere on a page.</paragraph> 50 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155921" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="41">To set the behavior of the direct cursor, choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME Writer - Formatting Aids</emph>.</paragraph> 51 <list type="ordered"> 52 <listitem> 53 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106A3" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">On the <item type="menuitem">Tools</item> bar, click the <item type="menuitem">Direct Cursor</item> icon 54<image id="img_id3149846" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_shadowcursor.png" width="0.222in" height="0.222in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3149846">Icon</alt></image>.</paragraph> 55 </listitem> 56 <listitem> 57 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106C5" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click in a free space in the text document. The mouse pointer changes to reflect the alignment that will be applied to the text that you type:</paragraph> 58 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106C8" role="listitem" l10n="NEW"> 59<image id="img_id5471987" src="res/helpimg/dircursleft.png" width="0.1457in" height="0.3228in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id5471987">Icon</alt> 60 </image> Align left</paragraph> 61 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106E4" role="listitem" l10n="NEW"> 62<image id="img_id5730253" src="res/helpimg/dircurscent.png" width="0.2398in" height="0.3228in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id5730253">Icon</alt> 63 </image> Centered</paragraph> 64 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10700" role="listitem" l10n="NEW"> 65<image id="img_id6953622" src="res/helpimg/dircursright.png" width="0.1563in" height="0.3228in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id6953622">Icon</alt> 66 </image> Align right</paragraph> 67 </listitem> 68 <listitem> 69 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1071D" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Type your text. %PRODUCTNAME automatically inserts the required number of blank lines, and, if the options are enabled, tabs and spaces.</paragraph> 70 </listitem> 71 </list> 72 <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 73 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/templates_styles.xhp#templates_styles"/> 74 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/template_create.xhp#template_create"/> 75 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/template_default.xhp#template_default"/> 76 </body> 77</helpdocument>