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Changing the selection mode

To go from one mode to another, you can do one of the following:

• Toggle the Points button on the Drawing toolbar to switch from

the simple selection mode to the Points mode . You can also use

the keyboard shortcut

(Points).

• Choose the Effects drop-down button from the Drawing toolbar

to activate the Rotation mode for a selected object.

• If you often work in Rotation mode, you can choose the Rotation

Mode after Clicking Object button from the Options bar, you

can cycle through normal and rotation modes just by clicking on

the object. This can be more convenient than clicking the object,

then clicking the Rotate button from the Drawing Toolbar.

Selecting objects

Direct selection

To select an object, the easiest way is to click directly on it. For objects

that are not filled, click directly on the object's outline to select it.

Selection by framing

You can select several objects by using the mouse to

drag a large rectangle around the objects, as shown.

For this to work, the Select icon on the Drawing

toolbar must be active. Only objects that lie entirely

within the rectangle are selected.

Selecting hidden objects

Even if objects are located behind others and not visible, they can still

be selected. To select an object that is covered by another object, hold

down the

Alt

key and click the object. To select an object that is

covered by several objects, hold down the

Alt

key and click through the

objects until you reach the required underlying object. To cycle

through the objects in reverse order, hold down the

Alt+Shift

keys

when you click. To help in making accurate selections, you can check

the number and type of the selected objects, shown at the left of the

status bar.

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