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You can switch between STD = Standard, EXT = Extend, ADD = Add, BLK = Block selection.</ahelp></paragraph> 46</section> 47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153894" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Each click in the field cycles through the available options:</paragraph> 48<table id="tbl_id3157991"> 49<tablerow> 50<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153394" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Display</emph></paragraph> 52</tablecell> 53<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149095" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Mode</emph></paragraph> 55</tablecell> 56<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155941" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Effect</emph></paragraph> 58</tablecell> 59</tablerow> 60<tablerow> 61<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149827" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">STD</paragraph> 63</tablecell> 64<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152780" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Standard mode</paragraph> 66</tablecell> 67<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 68<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147209" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">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> 69</tablecell> 70</tablerow> 71<tablerow> 72<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 73<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149763" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">EXT</paragraph> 74</tablecell> 75<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 76<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149580" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Extension mode (F8)</paragraph> 77</tablecell> 78<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 79<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Clicking in the text extends or crops the current selection.</paragraph> 80</tablecell> 81</tablerow> 82<tablerow> 83<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 84<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154047" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">ADD</paragraph> 85</tablecell> 86<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 87<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147620" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Additional selection mode (Shift+F8)</paragraph> 88</tablecell> 89<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 90<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154307" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">A new selection is added to an existing selection. The result is a multiple selection.</paragraph> 91</tablecell> 92</tablerow> 93<tablerow> 94<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 95<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7234717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">BLK</paragraph> 96</tablecell> 97<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 98<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> 99</tablecell> 100<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 101<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5258644" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A block of text can be selected.</paragraph> 102</tablecell> 103</tablerow> 104</table> 105<switch select="sys"> 106<case select="WIN"> 107<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> 108</case> 109</switch></body> 110</helpdocument> 111