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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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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148668" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><link href="text/shared/02/20050000.xhp" name="Selection Mode">Selection Mode</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146130" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".uno:StatusSelectionMode">Here you can switch between different selection modes.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153894" xml-lang="en-US">When you click in the field, a popup menu comes up with the available options:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152780" xml-lang="en-US">Standard selection</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147209" xml-lang="en-US">This is the default selection mode for text documents. With the keyboard, selections can be performed by Shift+NavigationKey (<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="paragraph" id="par_id3149580" xml-lang="en-US">Extending selection (<item type="keycode">F8</item>)</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153717" xml-lang="en-US">By using the arrow keys or the <item type="keycode">Home</item> and <item type="keycode">End</item> keys you can extend or crop the current selection. Clicking into the text selects the text between the current cursor position and the click position.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147620" xml-lang="en-US">Adding selection (<item type="keycode">Shift+F8</item>)</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154307" xml-lang="en-US">A new selection is added to an existing selection. The result is a multiple selection.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6971037" xml-lang="en-US">Block selection (<switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><item type="keycode">Command</item></caseinline><defaultinline><item type="keycode">Ctrl</item></defaultinline></switchinline><item type="keycode">+Shift+F8</item>)</paragraph>
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<case select="WIN"><paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4441663" xml-lang="en-US">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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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id901513465638512" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/swriter/guide/text_nav_keyb.xhp" name="Navigating and Selecting With the Keyboard">Navigating and Selecting With the Keyboard</link></paragraph>
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