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         <title id="tit">Selecting Multiple Cells</title>
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<bookmark 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>
<h1 id="hd_id3153361"><variable id="mark_cells"><link href="text/scalc/guide/mark_cells.xhp">Selecting Multiple Cells</link></variable></h1>
      <h2 id="hd_id3145272">Select a rectangular range</h2>
      <paragraph id="par_id3149261" role="paragraph">With the mouse button pressed, drag from one corner to the diagonally opposed corner of the range.</paragraph>
      <h2 id="hd_id3151119">Mark a single cell</h2>
      <paragraph id="par_id3146975" role="paragraph">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
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            <paragraph id="par_id3163710" role="listitem">Click, then Shift-click the cell.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph 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>
      <h2 id="hd_id3154942">Select various dispersed cells</h2>
      <paragraph id="par_id1001200901072060" role="paragraph">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
      <list type="unordered">
         <listitem>
            <paragraph 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 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>
      <h2 id="hd_id3146971">Switch marking mode</h2>
      <paragraph 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 id="par_id3159264" role="tablehead">Field contents</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph id="par_id3155337" role="tablehead">Effect of clicking the mouse</paragraph>
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         <tablerow>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph id="par_id3149568" role="tablecontent">STD</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph id="par_id3148486" role="tablecontent">A mouse click selects the cell you have clicked on. Unmarks all marked cells.</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
         </tablerow>
         <tablerow>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph id="par_id3150090" role="tablecontent">EXT</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph id="par_id3150305" role="tablecontent">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 id="par_id3145587" role="tablecontent">ADD</paragraph>
            </tablecell>
            <tablecell>
               <paragraph id="par_id3154368" role="tablecontent">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>
      <h2 id="hd_id651754050551864">Quick selection of a cell block</h2>
      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id61754050643440">To select a rectangular block of cells surrounded by empty cells, place the cursor inside the block and press <keycode>Ctrl + A</keycode>.</paragraph>
      <section id="relatedtopics">
         <paragraph id="par_id3154487" role="paragraph"><link href="text/scalc/main0208.xhp">Status bar</link></paragraph>
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