Calc Guide

Selecting columns and rows
Entire columns and rows can be selected very quickly in OOo.
Single column or row
To select a single column, click on the column identifier letter (see
Figure 1).
To select a single row, click on the row identifier number.
Multiple columns or rows
To select multiple columns or rows that are contiguous:
1) Click on the first column or row in the group.
2) Hold down the Shift key.
3) Click the last column or row in the group.
To select multiple columns or rows that are not contiguous:
1) Click on the first column or row in the group.
2) Hold down the Control key.
3) Click on all of the subsequent columns or rows while holding
down the Control key.
Entire sheet
To select the entire sheet, click on the small box between the A column
header and the 1 row header.
Figure 13. Select All box
You can also press Control+A to select the entire sheet.
Selecting sheets
You can select either one or multiple sheets. It can be advantageous to
select multiple sheets at times when you want to make changes to
many sheets at once.
Single sheet
Click on the sheet tab for the sheet you want to select. The active sheet
becomes white (see Figure 12).
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