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33 <helpdocument version=
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35 <topic id=
"textswriter0218130000xml" indexer=
"include" status=
"PUBLISH">
36 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">Direct Cursor On/Off
</title>
37 <filename>/text/swriter/
02/
18130000.xhp
</filename>
40 <created date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.
</created>
41 <lastedited date=
"2004-05-05T12:52:23">converted from old format - fpe
</lastedited>
45 <section id=
"schacur">
46 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id3147167"><bookmark_value>direct cursor; restriction
</bookmark_value>
48 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/FN_SHADOWCURSOR" id=
"bm_id4799596" localize=
"false"/><!-- HID added by script -->
49 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"hid/.uno:ShadowCursor" id=
"bm_id3154504" localize=
"false"/>
50 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3147167" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"1" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"1"><link href=
"text/swriter/02/18130000.xhp" name=
"Direct Cursor On/Off">Direct Cursor On/Off
</link></paragraph>
51 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3152896" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"2"><ahelp hid=
".uno:ShadowCursor">Activates or deactivates the direct cursor.
</ahelp> You can specify the behavior of the direct cursor by choosing
<link href=
"text/shared/optionen/01040600.xhp" name=
"Tools - Options - Text Document - Formatting Aids"><emph>Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Writer - Formatting Aids
</emph></link>.
</paragraph>
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57 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3147508" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"E">
58 <image id=
"img_id3154840" src=
"res/commandimagelist/sc_shadowcursor.png" ><alt id=
"alt_id3154840" xml-lang=
"en-US">Icon
</alt>
61 <tablecell colspan=
"" rowspan=
"">
62 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3151310" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"3">Direct Cursor On/Off
</paragraph>
68 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3154570" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"4">The direct cursor allows you to click in any blank area of a page to place text, images, tables, frames, and other objects.
</paragraph>
69 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3155902" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"6">If you place the direct cursor approximately in the middle between the left and the right margin of a page or a table cell, the text you insert will be centered. Similarly, text is right-aligned when the direct cursor is placed on the right margin.
</paragraph>
70 <paragraph role=
"warning" id=
"par_id3151255" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"5">The AutoCorrect tool automatically removes empty paragraphs, tabs, and spaces that are inserted by the direct cursor. If you want to use the direct cursor, then disable the AutoCorrect tool.
</paragraph>
72 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3148982" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"7">The direct cursor sets tabs to position the cursor. If you change the tabs later. the position of the text on the page may change as well.
</paragraph>