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  40 <topic id="textshared0220050000xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  41 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Selection Mode</title>
  42 <filename>/text/shared/02/20050000.xhp</filename>
  43 </topic>
  44 </meta>
  45 <body>
  46 <section id="selektionsmodus">
  47 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148668"><bookmark_value>selection modes in text</bookmark_value>
  48 <bookmark_value>text; selection modes</bookmark_value>
  49 <bookmark_value>extension mode in text</bookmark_value>
  50 <bookmark_value>additional selection mode</bookmark_value>
  51 <bookmark_value>block selection mode</bookmark_value>
  52 </bookmark>
  53 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/FN_STAT_SELMODE" id="bm_id7365159" localize="false"/>
  54 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:SelectionMode" id="bm_id3144740" localize="false"/>
  55 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SID_STATUS_SELMODE" id="bm_id2039489" localize="false"/>
  56 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:StatusSelectionMode" id="bm_id3149495" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148668" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/shared/02/20050000.xhp" name="Selection Mode">Selection Mode</link></paragraph>
  57 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146130" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="2"><ahelp hid=".uno:StatusSelectionMode">Displays the current selection mode. You can switch between STD = Standard, EXT = Extend, ADD = Add, BLK = Block selection.</ahelp></paragraph>
  58 </section>
  59 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153894" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">Each click in the field cycles through the available options:</paragraph>
  60 <table id="tbl_id3157991">
  61 <tablerow>
  62 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  63 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153394" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">
  64 <emph>Display</emph>
  65 </paragraph>
  66 </tablecell>
  67 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  68 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149095" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">
  69 <emph>Mode</emph>
  70 </paragraph>
  71 </tablecell>
  72 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  73 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155941" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">
  74 <emph>Effect</emph>
  75 </paragraph>
  76 </tablecell>
  77 </tablerow>
  78 <tablerow>
  79 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  80 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149827" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">STD</paragraph>
  81 </tablecell>
  82 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  83 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152780" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Standard mode</paragraph>
  84 </tablecell>
  85 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  86 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147209" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Click in text where you want to position the cursor; click in a cell to make it the active cell. Any other selection is then deselected.</paragraph>
  87 </tablecell>
  88 </tablerow>
  89 <tablerow>
  90 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  91 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149763" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">EXT</paragraph>
  92 </tablecell>
  93 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  94 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149580" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Extension mode (F8)</paragraph>
  95 </tablecell>
  96 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
  97 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Clicking in the text extends or crops the current selection.</paragraph>
  98 </tablecell>
  99 </tablerow>
 100 <tablerow>
 101 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 102 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154047" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">ADD</paragraph>
 103 </tablecell>
 104 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 105 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147620" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Additional selection mode (Shift+F8)</paragraph>
 106 </tablecell>
 107 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 108 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154307" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">A new selection is added to an existing selection. The result is a multiple selection.</paragraph>
 109 </tablecell>
 110 </tablerow>
 111 <tablerow>
 112 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 113 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7234717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">BLK</paragraph>
 114 </tablecell>
 115 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 116 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6971037" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Block selection mode (<switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+Shift+F8)</paragraph>
 117 </tablecell>
 118 <tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
 119 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5258644" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A block of text can be selected.</paragraph>
 120 </tablecell>
 121 </tablerow>
 122 </table>
 123 <switch select="sys">
 124 <case select="WIN"><paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4441663" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">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>
 125 </case>
 126 </switch></body>
 127 </helpdocument>