<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="2"/><help:help-text value="visible">Allows you to select objects in the current document.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>To select an object, click the object with the arrow. To select more than one object, drag a selection frame around the objects. To add an object to a selection, press Shift, and then click the object. <help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"/><help:case select="CALC"/><help:case select="CHART"/><help:case select="MATH"/><help:default>The objects selected together can then be defined as a <help:link Id="65678">group</help:link>, turning them into a single group object.</help:default></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="11" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"/><help:case select="CALC"/><help:case select="CHART"/><help:case select="MATH"/><help:default>You can edit individual elements of a group. You can also delete elements from a group with <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Shift</help:default></help:switch>+click.</help:default></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="12" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"/><help:case select="CALC"/><help:case select="CHART"/><help:case select="MATH"/><help:default>You can select single objects from a group by double-click, if you first disable the icon <span class="T1">Double-click to edit Text</span> in the <span class="T1">Option</span> Bar.</help:default></help:switch></p>