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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Selecting Tables, Rows, and Columns</title>
<filename>/text/swriter/guide/table_select.xhp</filename>
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<history>
<created date="2004-09-27T15:16:47">UFI: Selexting tables</created>
<lastedited date="2005-08-24T13:48:59">UFI: due to new feature sw-features "Enhanced selection for text and tables"
DEDR: Reviewed</lastedited>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105F0" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="table_select"><link href="text/swriter/guide/table_select.xhp">Selecting Tables, Rows, and Columns</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1060E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can select a table in a text document with a keyboard or with a mouse.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10614" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To select a table with the keyboard, move the cursor into the table, and then press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+A until all the cells are selected.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10633" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To select a table with the mouse, move the mouse pointer to a position just above and left of the table. The mouse pointer becomes a diagonal arrow. Click to select the table.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10637" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To select a row or column with the mouse, point to a position just left of the row or above the column. The mouse pointer becomes an arrow. Click to select the row or column.</paragraph>
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