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  36 <helpdocument version="1.0">
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  38 <topic id="textscalcguidemark_cellsxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  39 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Selecting Multiple Cells</title>
  40 <filename>/text/scalc/guide/mark_cells.xhp</filename>
  41 </topic>
  42 <history>
  43 <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
  44 <lastedited date="2006-03-21T12:48:20">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
  45 </history>
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  47 <body>
  48 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153361"><bookmark_value>cells; selecting</bookmark_value>
  49 <bookmark_value>marking cells</bookmark_value>
  50 <bookmark_value>selecting;cells</bookmark_value>
  51 <bookmark_value>multiple cells selection</bookmark_value>
  52 <bookmark_value>selection modes in spreadsheets</bookmark_value>
  53 <bookmark_value>tables; selecting ranges</bookmark_value>
  54 </bookmark><comment>mw changed "selection modes..."</comment>
  55 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153361" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="mark_cells"><link href="text/scalc/guide/mark_cells.xhp" name="Selecting Multiple Cells">Selecting Multiple Cells</link>
  56 </variable></paragraph>
  57 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145272" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="2">Select a rectangular range</paragraph>
  58 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149261" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">With the mouse button pressed, drag from one corner to the diagonally opposed corner of the range.</paragraph>
  59 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151119" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="4">Mark a single cell</paragraph>
  60 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146975" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
  61 <list type="unordered">
  62 <listitem>
  63 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3163710" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Click, then Shift-click the cell.</paragraph>
  64 </listitem>
  65 <listitem>
  66 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149959" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">Pressing the mouse button, drag a range across two cells, do not release the mouse button, and then drag back to the first cell. You can now move the individual cell by drag and drop.</paragraph>
  67 </listitem>
  68 </list>
  69 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154942" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="6">Select various dispersed cells</paragraph>
  70 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156284" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Mark at least one cell. Then while pressing <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>, click each of the additional cells.</paragraph>
  71 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146971" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Switch marking mode</paragraph>
  72 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155064" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">On the status bar, click the box with the legend STD / EXT / ADD to switch the marking mode:</paragraph>
  73 <table id="tbl_id3145643">
  74 <tablerow>
  75 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  76 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159264" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Field contents</paragraph>
  77 </tablecell>
  78 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  79 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155337" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Effect of clicking the mouse</paragraph>
  80 </tablecell>
  81 </tablerow>
  82 <tablerow>
  83 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  84 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149568" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">STD</paragraph>
  85 </tablecell>
  86 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  87 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148486" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">A mouse click selects the cell you have clicked on. Unmarks all marked cells.</paragraph>
  88 </tablecell>
  89 </tablerow>
  90 <tablerow>
  91 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  92 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150090" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">EXT</paragraph>
  93 </tablecell>
  94 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  95 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150305" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">A mouse click marks a rectangular range from the current cell to the cell you clicked.</paragraph>
  96 </tablecell>
  97 </tablerow>
  98 <tablerow>
  99 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 100 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145587" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">ADD</paragraph>
 101 </tablecell>
 102 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 103 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154368" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">A mouse click in a cell adds it to the already marked cells. A mouse click in a marked cell unmarks it. Alternatively, <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>-click the cells.</paragraph>
 104 </tablecell>
 105 </tablerow>
 106 </table>
 107
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 109 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154487" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18"><link href="text/scalc/main0208.xhp" name="Status bar">Status bar</link></paragraph>
 110 </section>
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