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38 <helpdocument version=
"1.0">
40 <topic id=
"textswriter01selection_modexml" indexer=
"include" status=
"PUBLISH">
41 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">Selection Mode
</title>
42 <filename>/text/swriter/
01/selection_mode.xhp
</filename>
46 <section id=
"selection_mode">
47 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/sel_mode_id" id=
"bm_id6964323" localize=
"false"/><paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id4177678" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"1" l10n=
"NEW"><link href=
"text/swriter/01/selection_mode.xhp">Selection Mode
</link></paragraph>
48 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id2962126" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
".">Choose the selection mode from the submenu: normal selection mode, or block selection mode.
</ahelp></paragraph>
50 <section id=
"howtoget">
51 <embed href=
"text/swriter/00/00000402.xhp#selection_mode"/>
53 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/insert_normalid" id=
"bm_id5334025" localize=
"false"/><paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id9816278" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
".">In normal selection mode, you can select multi-line text including the line ends.
</ahelp></paragraph>
54 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/insert_id" id=
"bm_id5380108" localize=
"false"/><paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3097323" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"NEW"><ahelp hid=
".">In block selection mode, you can select a rectangular block of text.
</ahelp></paragraph>