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You can switch between STD = Standard, EXT = Extend, ADD = Add, BLK = Block selection.</ahelp></paragraph> 45</section> 46<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> 47<table id="tbl_id3157991"> 48<tablerow> 49<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153394" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4"> 51<emph>Display</emph> 52</paragraph> 53</tablecell> 54<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149095" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5"> 56<emph>Mode</emph> 57</paragraph> 58</tablecell> 59<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155941" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"> 61<emph>Effect</emph> 62</paragraph> 63</tablecell> 64</tablerow> 65<tablerow> 66<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 67<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149827" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">STD</paragraph> 68</tablecell> 69<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152780" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Standard mode</paragraph> 71</tablecell> 72<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 73<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> 74</tablecell> 75</tablerow> 76<tablerow> 77<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 78<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149763" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">EXT</paragraph> 79</tablecell> 80<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 81<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149580" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Extension mode (F8)</paragraph> 82</tablecell> 83<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 84<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> 85</tablecell> 86</tablerow> 87<tablerow> 88<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 89<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154047" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">ADD</paragraph> 90</tablecell> 91<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 92<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147620" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Additional selection mode (Shift+F8)</paragraph> 93</tablecell> 94<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 95<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> 96</tablecell> 97</tablerow> 98<tablerow> 99<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 100<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7234717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">BLK</paragraph> 101</tablecell> 102<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 103<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> 104</tablecell> 105<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 106<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5258644" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A block of text can be selected.</paragraph> 107</tablecell> 108</tablerow> 109</table> 110<switch select="sys"> 111<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> 112</case> 113</switch></body> 114</helpdocument> 115