Selecting items that are not consecutive
To select nonconsecutive items using the mouse:
- Select the first piece of text.
- Hold down the Control key and use the mouse to select the next piece of text.
- Repeat as often as needed.
Now you can work with the selected text (copy it, delete it, change the style, or whatever).
 | Macintosh users: substitute the Command key when instructions in this chapter say to use the Control key.
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Selecting items that are not next to each other.
To select nonconsecutive items using the keyboard:
- Select the first piece of text. (For more information about keyboard selection of text, see the topic “Navigating and selecting with the keyboard” in the Help.)
- Press Shift+F8. This puts Writer in Add mode. The word ADD appears on the status bar.
- Use the arrow keys to move to the start of the next piece of text to be selected. Hold down the Shift key and select the next piece of text.
- Repeat as often as needed.
- Now you can work with the selected text.
- Press Esc to exit from this mode.