<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">The icon with the arrow is the selection tool. Click it to switch from the draw mode, for example, back to the normal selection mode.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph">This icon switches to the normal selection mode.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="DRAW">In this mode, you are able to select objects by clicking them with your mouse. To select multiple objects, press the <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC"><span class="T1">(Command)</span></help:case><help:default><span class="T1">(Ctrl)</span></help:default></help:switch> and the <span class="T1">Shift</span> key while clicking. To deselect an object, simply click the object again, keeping the Shift key pressed. The objects combined in this manner can then be defined as a <help:link Id="65678">group</help:link>, turning them into a single object so to speak. You can release individual objects from the group by holding down the <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC"><span class="T1">(Command)</span></help:case><help:default><span class="T1">(Ctrl)</span></help:default></help:switch> key and clicking them with the mouse without actually using the respective menu command to enter this group and edit its individual elements. You can edit and rearrange the desired group objects selectively without accessing all the others. You can choose group objects even simpler by deactivating <span class="T1">Double-click text to edit</span> in the options bar because you can then use a double-click to select individual objects. With a combination of the described procedures, you can also easily change several groups, their objects, and the connection of the groups between each other. </help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="DRAW">With this tool, you can draw a rectangular frame around multiple objects. All objects within the frame will be selected.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="IMPRESS">In this mode, you can select objects by clicking them. Together with the <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC"><span class="T1">(Command)</span></help:case><help:default><span class="T1">(Ctrl)</span></help:default></help:switch> key and the <span class="T1">Shift</span> key, you can easily change object grouping. You can click multiple objects one after the other while holding down the <span class="T1">(Shift)</span> key to select them all. Clicking a selected object again (while still holding down the (Shift) key) deselects the object. The objects combined in this manner can then be defined as a <help:link Id="65678">group</help:link>, turning them into a single object so to speak. You can release individual objects from the group by holding down the <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC"><span class="T1">(Command)</span></help:case><help:default><span class="T1">(Ctrl)</span></help:default></help:switch> key and clicking them with the mouse without actually using the respective menu command to enter this group and edit its individual elements. You can edit and rearrange the desired group objects selectively without accessing all the others. You can choose group objects even simpler by deactivating <span class="T1">Double-click text to edit</span> in the options bar because you can then use a double-click to select individual objects. With a combination of the two described procedures, you can also easily change several groups, their objects, and the connection of the groups between each other.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="IMPRESS">You can use this tool to draw a rectangular frame around multiple objects. All objects whose surrounding rectangle is completely in the frame will be selected.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="IMAGE">You can draw a rectangular frame in an area, and edit the defined area independently from the rest of the picture.</help:case></help:switch></p>