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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Selection Mode</title>
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<bookmark_value>selection modes in text</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>extending selection mode</bookmark_value>
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<h1 id="hd_id3148668"><link href="text/shared/02/20050000.xhp">Selection Mode</link></h1>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146130" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Switches between different selection modes.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153894" xml-lang="en-US">Click this field to open a popup menu with the following options:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149095" xml-lang="en-US"><emph>Mode</emph></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3152780" xml-lang="en-US">Standard selection</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147209" xml-lang="en-US">This is the default selection mode for text documents. With the keyboard, selections can be performed by <emph>Shift</emph>+navigation key (<item type="keycode">arrows, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down</item>). With the mouse, click in the text where the selection is to start, hold the left mouse button and move to the end of the selection. Release the mouse key to end selection.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149580" xml-lang="en-US">Extending selection</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153717" xml-lang="en-US">Use the mouse, arrow keys or the <keycode>Home</keycode> and <keycode>End</keycode> keys to extend or crop the current selection. Clicking anywhere in the text selects the region between the current cursor position and the click position.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id821630330412209">Hold the <keycode>Shift</keycode> key to temporarily activate the Extending selection mode.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147620" xml-lang="en-US">Adding selection (<keycode>Shift+F8</keycode>)</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154307" xml-lang="en-US">Use this mode to select multiple ranges of text. Each new selection using the mouse or keyboard is added as a new selection.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id941630331257314">Hold the <keycode>Ctrl</keycode> key to temporarily activate the Adding selection mode.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id6971037" xml-lang="en-US">Block selection (<switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><keycode>Command</keycode></caseinline><defaultinline><keycode>Ctrl</keycode></defaultinline></switchinline><keycode>+Shift+F8</keycode>)</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id5258644" xml-lang="en-US">Use this mode to select a non-contiguous block of text.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id41630331461837">Hold the <keycode>Alt</keycode> key to temporarily activate the Block selection mode.</paragraph>
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