1*cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*cdf0e10cSrcweir<!-- 5*cdf0e10cSrcweir*********************************************************************** 6*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 7*cdf0e10cSrcweir * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 8*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 9*cdf0e10cSrcweir * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 10*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 11*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 12*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 13*cdf0e10cSrcweir * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 14*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 15*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 16*cdf0e10cSrcweir * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 17*cdf0e10cSrcweir * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 18*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 19*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 20*cdf0e10cSrcweir * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 21*cdf0e10cSrcweir * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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If not, see 27*cdf0e10cSrcweir * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 28*cdf0e10cSrcweir * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 29*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 30*cdf0e10cSrcweir ************************************************************************ 31*cdf0e10cSrcweir --> 32*cdf0e10cSrcweir 33*cdf0e10cSrcweir 34*cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 35*cdf0e10cSrcweir <topic id="textswriterguidetext_direct_cursorxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 36*cdf0e10cSrcweir <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Using the Direct Cursor</title> 37*cdf0e10cSrcweir <filename>/text/swriter/guide/text_direct_cursor.xhp</filename> 38*cdf0e10cSrcweir </topic> 39*cdf0e10cSrcweir </meta> 40*cdf0e10cSrcweir <body> 41*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155178"><bookmark_value>text; cursor</bookmark_value> 42*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>entering text with direct cursor</bookmark_value> 43*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>direct cursor; settings</bookmark_value> 44*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>writing with direct cursor</bookmark_value> 45*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>cursor;direct cursor</bookmark_value> 46*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>settings;direct cursor</bookmark_value> 47*cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 48*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 52*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 53*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 56*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 57*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106C8" role="listitem" l10n="NEW"> 59*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image> Align left</paragraph> 61*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106E4" role="listitem" l10n="NEW"> 62*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image> Centered</paragraph> 64*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10700" role="listitem" l10n="NEW"> 65*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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*cdf0e10cSrcweir </image> Align right</paragraph> 67*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 68*cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 69*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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*cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 71*cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 72*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 73*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/templates_styles.xhp#templates_styles"/> 74*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/template_create.xhp#template_create"/> 75*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/template_default.xhp#template_default"/> 76*cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 77*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>
