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<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>There are many options for moving or copying objects using drag-and-drop. Text sections, drawing objects, graphics, form functions, hyperlinks, cell ranges, and many more can be moved or copied with the mouse.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="12" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Note that the mouse pointer displays a plus sign when copying and an arrow when creating a link or hyperlink.</p>
<p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="9" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Creating a link</p>
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<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="13" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>If you press Ctrl or Shift+Ctrl while releasing the mouse button, you can control whether the object is copied, moved, or a link is created.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="14" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>If you drag objects out of the <help:link Id="68003" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Navigator</span></help:link>, you can specify in the submenu of the Navigator's <span class="T1">Drag Mode</span> icon whether to copy the object, insert it as a link or insert it as a hyperlink.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>You can cancel a drag-and-drop operation in <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> at any time by pressing the Esc key before releasing the mouse button.</p>