1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 5cdf0e10cSrcweir * 6*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 9*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * with the License. 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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 27cdf0e10cSrcweir 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir <topic id="textswriterguidetext_direct_cursorxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Using the Direct Cursor</title> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir <filename>/text/swriter/guide/text_direct_cursor.xhp</filename> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir </topic> 33cdf0e10cSrcweir </meta> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir <body> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155178"><bookmark_value>text; cursor</bookmark_value> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>entering text with direct cursor</bookmark_value> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>direct cursor; settings</bookmark_value> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>writing with direct cursor</bookmark_value> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>cursor;direct cursor</bookmark_value> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>settings;direct cursor</bookmark_value> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir <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 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106C8" role="listitem" l10n="NEW"> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir </image> Align left</paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106E4" role="listitem" l10n="NEW"> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir </image> Centered</paragraph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10700" role="listitem" l10n="NEW"> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir </image> Align right</paragraph> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/templates_styles.xhp#templates_styles"/> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/template_create.xhp#template_create"/> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/template_default.xhp#template_default"/> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>