To select objects by clicking, you must be in select mode. You are in select mode when the pointer becomes a select pointer. There are two ways to enter select mode.
To select an object, point to it with the tip of the select pointer and click the left mouse button. You must point to an element of the object such as a line or color. For example, to select an unfilled circle, you point and click the edge of the circle, not the hollow interior. If the interior is filled, you can click anywhere in the interior to select the object.
If you are in a drawing mode, you can point to the object with a drawing pointer and double-click to select it. The blue handles appear to indicate that the object is selected.
| Single clicking an object in drawing mode results in implied selection of the object, indicated by a hollow selection handle. (For details on implied selection, see the section "Implied Selection" later in this chapter.) |
To select additional objects, press and hold shift and click the other objects that you want to include. Be careful not to move the pointer while clicking or you'll move the object.