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26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textshared0220050000xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Selection Mode</title>
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29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic>
30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta>
31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body>
32cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="selektionsmodus">
33cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148668"><bookmark_value>selection modes in text</bookmark_value>
34cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>text; selection modes</bookmark_value>
35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>extension mode in text</bookmark_value>
36cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>additional selection mode</bookmark_value>
37cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>block selection mode</bookmark_value>
38cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark>
39cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:SelectionMode" id="bm_id7365159" localize="false"/>
40cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:SelectionMode" id="bm_id3144740" localize="false"/>
41cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:StatusSelectionMode" id="bm_id2039489" localize="false"/>
42cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
43cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
44cdf0e10cSrcweir</section>
45cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
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49cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153394" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">
50cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Display</emph>
51cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph>
52cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
53cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
54cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149095" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">
55cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Mode</emph>
56cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph>
57cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
58cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
59cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155941" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">
60cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Effect</emph>
61cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph>
62cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
63cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
64cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
65cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
66cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149827" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">STD</paragraph>
67cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
68cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
69cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152780" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Standard mode</paragraph>
70cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
71cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
72cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
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74cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
75cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
76cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
77cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149763" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">EXT</paragraph>
78cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
79cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
80cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149580" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Extension mode (F8)</paragraph>
81cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
82cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
83cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
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85cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
86cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
87cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
88cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154047" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">ADD</paragraph>
89cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
90cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
91cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147620" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Additional selection mode (Shift+F8)</paragraph>
92cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
93cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
94cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
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97cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
98cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
99cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7234717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">BLK</paragraph>
100cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
101cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
102cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
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104cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
105cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5258644" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A block of text can be selected.</paragraph>
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107cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
108cdf0e10cSrcweir</table>
109cdf0e10cSrcweir<switch select="sys">
110cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
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