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Selecting and Deselecting Objects

Most features affect one or more objects, but generally not all objects in a diagram Before you perform a future, you can select the objects to which the feature will apply. When an object is selected, its handles become visible as small bright green (turquoise - for slave objects) squares along the border of object.

One way to select objects is to form a lasso around a set of objects. A lasso is box that you form to choose a rectangular area of the diagram.

 

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Move the cursor to an area of the diagram where there are no objects. The cursor becomes the standard arrow shape.

 

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Press the left mouse button, keep it held, and move the mouse to form a rectangular lasso area. The lasso area displays as dotted box.

 

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Release the mouse button. All objects that are located entirely within the lasso area become selected.

Another way to select objects is Click Select. Select individual objects by clicking on the objects with the left mouse button.

Normally, if some objects are selected and you attempt to select with any of the other methods, the previously selected objects become deselected before the new objects become selected. If you'd like the previously selected objects to remain selected in addition to the newly selected objects, hold down the SHIFT key while selecting.

To deselect all selected objects, click the left mouse button on the diagram where there are no objects.


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