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>        
        Selecting files is done with your mouse by clicking on the file or files
        in the GNOME File Manager.  The file that is selected will then
        highlight to show you that it has been selected.  
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>        
        There are a couple of ways to select more than one file. One way is to
        use the "rubber band" select by clicking and dragging the mouse cursor
        around several files. This action will produce a small dotted line, the
        "rubber band", to show you the area in which files will be selected.
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>Figure 2. "Rubber Band Select"</B
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>        If you wish to be more selective about the files you are choosing, or
        the files you need do not reside next to one another, you may use the
        <B
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>CTRL</B
> key to keep the files you have selected while you
        are selecting more. This works by selecting a file, pressing and holding
        the <B
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>CTRL</B
> key and selecting another file. While the
        <B
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>CTRL</B
> key is pressed you will be able to add to the
        "list" of files that are selected. Once you have selected multiple files
        by either method you may copy or move the files.
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> You may also use the <B
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>SHIFT</B
> button to select a range
      of files. For example, if you are in list mode and you press the
      <B
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>SHIFT</B
> key while selecting the file at the top of the
      list, and then select a file ten rows down with the <B
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>SHIFT</B
>
      key still pressed, you will select the ten files in that range.
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>        You may also select all files in a directory by selecting the
        <B
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>Select All</B
> menu item from the
        <B
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>Edit</B
> menu.
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        You may also filter your selection by using the <B
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>Select
        Files</B
> menu item in the <B
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>Edit</B
> menu. Using
        <B
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>Select Files</B
> will display a simple dialog
        which will allow you to type in criteria for your selection. In this
        field, the symbol <B
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>*</B
> is interpreted as a wildcard, E.g.,
        it matches any string.  For example, if you would like to select all
        files in the directory that start with the letter <B
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>D</B
>,
        you can type <B
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>D*</B
> (note that filenames in Unix are
        case-sensitive).
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>	Note that "*.*" means "all files containing a period", while "*" as the criteria
	means "all files".  A question mark (?) matches any one character, while
	square brackets surrounding a set of characters means matches any character in the set.
	For example, "?[ae]" matches any two-letter filename with any character as the first
	letter, followed by an "a" or "e" as the second character.
	Some advanced users may prefer to use grep-like regular expressions to define
	filters; if you wish to do so, see Changing Your Preferences.. File
	Display tab.
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