Operation Manual

Figure 68: 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 “Adding selection” mode.
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 required.
Now you can work with the selected text.
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 LibreOffice’s block
selection mode. To change to block selection mode, use Edit > Selection Mode > Block Area, or
press Ctrl+F8, or click on the Selection icon in the Status Bar and select Block selection from the
list.
Now highlight the selection, using mouse or keyboard, as shown below.
Figure 69: Selecting a vertical block of text
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