Selecting
Before carrying out most editing tasks, a selection must be made. For example, if you want to change the typeface of some text, or make a copy of it, the text must first be selected.
Writer shows that something is selected by highlighting it.
Text
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Drag Select in either direction across the character(s) you want to select.
or
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Click Select at the beginning of the selection, move the pointer to the end of the selection and click Adjust.
Adjusting a selection
Click or drag Adjust to extend or shorten a selection.
Words
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Double-click on a word to select it. Drag Select or click Adjust to extend the selection in words.
Paragraphs
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Triple-click on a paragraph to select it. Drag Select or click Adjust to extend the selection in paragraphs, or
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Choose from the menu.
Note: Dragging across all the text in a paragraph does not select the paragraph. It is equivalent to a text selection covering the entire paragraph with the exception of the final return character.
Intelligent Drag & Drop, Cut & Paste and Delete
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If a word is selected by double-clicking , Backspace and Delete automatically remove the spaces on either side as necessary as does Drag and Drop. Similarly if the word is inserted using or Insert into another part of the document the spaces are automatically added where required.
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Words selected by double-clicking will automatically have surplus spaces removed when you press Delete.