1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:11,900 LibreOffice - Getting Started with Writer - Selecting items that are not consecutive 2 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,900 To select nonconsecutive items using the mouse 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,900 1) Select the first piece of text 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:25,900 2) Hold down the Control key and use the mouse to select the next piece of text 5 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:30,900 3) Repeat as often as needed 6 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,900 Now you can work with the selected text 7 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,900 copy it, delete it, change the style, or whatever 8 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:43,900 To select nonconsecutive items using the keyboard 9 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,900 1) Select the first piece of text 10 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,900 Select a position 11 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:57,900 Hold down the Shift key and use the arrow keys to select the first piece of text 12 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:10,900 2) Press Shift+F8. This puts Writer in “Add” mode 13 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:16,900 The word ADD (German - ERG) appears on the status bar 14 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:26,900 3) Use the arrow keys to move to the start of the next piece of text to be selected 15 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:34,900 Hold down the Shift key and select the next piece of text 16 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:42,900 4) Repeat as often as needed 17 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:53,900 18 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,900 Now you can work with the selected text 19 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,900 Press Esc to exit from this mode 20 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,900 21 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,900 22 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,900 Bye and good luck 23 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:13,001 Source: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ Getting Started with Writer 24 00:02:13,002 --> 00:02:13,003 Source and this document -> license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/