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         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Selecting Multiple Cells</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153361"><bookmark_value>cells; selecting</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>marking cells</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>selecting;cells</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>multiple cells selection</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>selection modes in spreadsheets</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>tables; selecting ranges</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>mw changed "selection modes..."</comment>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153361" role="heading" level="1"><variable id="mark_cells"><link href="text/scalc/guide/mark_cells.xhp">Selecting Multiple Cells</link>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145272" role="heading" level="2">Select a rectangular range</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149261" role="paragraph">With the mouse button pressed, drag from one corner to the diagonally opposed corner of the range.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3151119" role="heading" level="2">Mark a single cell</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146975" role="paragraph">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
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         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3163710" role="listitem">Click, then Shift-click the cell.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149959" role="listitem">Pressing the mouse button, drag a range across two cells, do not release the mouse button, and then drag back to the first cell. Release the mouse button. You can now move the individual cell by drag and drop.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
      </list>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154942" role="heading" level="2">Select various dispersed cells</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1001200901072060" role="paragraph">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156284" role="paragraph">Mark at least one cell. Then while pressing <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>, click each of the additional cells.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1001200901072023" role="paragraph">Click the STD / EXT / ADD area in the status bar until it shows ADD. Now click all cells that you want to select.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
      </list>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146971" role="heading" level="2">Switch marking mode</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155064" role="paragraph">On the status bar, click the box with the legend STD / EXT / ADD to switch the marking mode:</paragraph>
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            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159264" role="paragraph">Field contents</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155337" role="paragraph">Effect of clicking the mouse</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
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         <tablerow>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149568" role="paragraph">STD</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148486" role="paragraph">A mouse click selects the cell you have clicked on. Unmarks all marked cells.</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
         </tablerow>
         <tablerow>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150090" role="paragraph">EXT</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150305" role="paragraph">A mouse click marks a rectangular range from the current cell to the cell you clicked. Alternatively, Shift-click a cell.</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
         </tablerow>
         <tablerow>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145587" role="paragraph">ADD</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154368" role="paragraph">A mouse click in a cell adds it to the already marked cells. A mouse click in a marked cell unmarks it. Alternatively, <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>-click the cells.</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
         </tablerow>
      </table>

      <section id="relatedtopics">
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154487" role="paragraph"><link href="text/scalc/main0208.xhp">Status bar</link></paragraph>
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