
Note
Macintosh users: substitute the
Command
key when
instructions in this chapter say to use the
Control
key.
Figure 59: Selecting items that are not next to
each other
To select nonconsecutive items using the keyboard:
1) Select the first piece of text. (For more information about
keyboard selection of text, see the topic “Navigating and selecting
with the keyboard” in the Help.)
2) Press
Shift+F8
. This puts Writer in Add mode. The word ADD
appears on the status bar.
3) Use the arrow keys to move to the start of the next piece of text
to be selected. Hold down the
Shift
key and select the next piece
of text.
4) Repeat as often as needed.
5) Now you can work with the selected text.
6) Press
Esc
to exit from this mode.
Selecting a vertical block of text
You can select a vertical block or “column” of text that is separated by
spaces or tabs (as you might see in text pasted from e-mails, program
listings, or other sources), using OOo’s block selection mode. To
change to block selection mode, use Edit > Selection Mode > Block
Area, or click several times in the status bar on STD until it changes to
BLK.
Now highlight the selection, using mouse or keyboard, as shown in
Figure 60.
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