On Feb 17, 2008 9:20 PM, Pete Wheadon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using OpenOffice 3.2.1. My problem is that I cannot select text when > using the writer program. In the Edit Toolbar, the text selection command is > not active or usable. I would like to be able to select text by > highlighting it using the mouse, copy it, then move and paste it as needed. > Any suggestions on how to make text selection function work? Thank you. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Hello Pete, don't know how many years of use of openoffice and I noticed for the first time this menu entry today :-) here's what the online guide has to say about the select text entry "You can enable a selection cursor in a read-only text document or in the Help. Choose Edit - Select Text or open the context menu of a read-only document and choose Select Text. The selection cursor does not blink." (if you ask me, a big waste of a shortcut). To select text "normally" without using the mouse press the shift key in combination with the arrow keys (with CTRL to select a word at a time), end (go to end of line, ctrl+end goes to the end of the document), home (start of line, start of document with ctrl), etc... Ctrl+A selects the whole document. If you don't want to keep pressing the shift key, use the F8 key once: now (and until you press again F8) you are in selection mode (you will see EXT in the status bar). use the above mentioned keys to select the desired text. Cheers, Michele --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
