Writer Guide

and shades by varying the pattern of color pixels. Varying the
patterns of black and white dots, for instance, produces different
shades of gray.
Note
Internally, 3-D graphics are always created with 16 million
colors (24-bit color depth) and dithering can be used to
compensate when fewer actual colors are available. Without
dithering, several bits of color information would be omitted,
leading to significantly reduced image quality.
3D view – Object refresh during interaction
Specifies that if you rotate or move a 3-D object, the full display is
rotated or moved and not a grid frame.
Tip
Press Shift+Control+R to restore or refresh the view of the
current document.
Mouse positioning
Specifies if and how the mouse pointer will be positioned in newly
opened dialog boxes.
Middle mouse button
Defines the function of the middle mouse button.
• Automatic scrolling – dragging while pressing the middle
mouse button shifts the view.
• Paste clipboard – pressing the middle mouse button inserts the
contents of the “Selection clipboard” at the cursor position.
The “Selection clipboard” is independent of the normal clipboard
that you use by Edit > Copy/Cut/Paste or their respective
keyboard shortcuts. Clipboard and “Selection clipboard” can contain
different contents at the same time.
Function Clipboard Selection clipboard
Copy content
Edit > Copy
Control+C
Select text, table, or object.
Paste content
Edit > Paste
Control+V pastes at
the cursor position.
Clicking the middle mouse
button pastes at the mouse
pointer position.
Pasting into
another document
No effect on the
clipboard contents.
The last marked selection is
the content of the selection
clipboard.
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