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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/" type="guide" id="select" xml:lang="sl">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#usage"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2010-05-04" status="incomplete"/>
+ <desc>
+ How to select objects.
+ </desc>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Jim Evins</name>
+ <email>evins@snaught.com</email>
+ </credit>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Mario Blättermann</name>
+ <email>mariobl@gnome.org</email>
+ </credit>
+ <license>
+ <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
+ </license>
+ </info>
+
+ <title>To select objects</title>
+
+ <p>A prerequisite for performing operations on objects is the
+ selection of individual objects or groups of objects. The
+ display area must be in the object selection mode to create new
+ selections, as indicated by an arrow cursor. The object
+ selection mode is selected by the
+ <guiseq><gui>Objects</gui>
+ <gui>Select Mode</gui></guiseq> menu item,
+ or the corresponding command on the <gui>Drawing
+ Toolbar</gui>.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Selecting a single object</title>
+ <p>A single object can be selected simply by clicking
+ on the desired object in the display area.
+ Once selected the object will be highlighted with a set of
+ resizing handles.</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Aggregate object selections</title>
+ <p>Multiple objects can be selected by first selecting the first
+ object as above and then by holding the <key>Ctrl</key>
+ key while selecting additional objects.
+ Individual objects can be added to an existing selection
+ at any time by holding the <key>Ctrl</key> key while
+ selecting the desired objects. All objects can also be
+ selected by using the <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui>
+ <gui>Select All</gui></guiseq>
+ menu item. All objects in an aggregate object selection will be
+ highlighted.</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Area selections</title>
+
+ <p>Multiple objects can also be selected by clicking an empty
+ area and dragging to form a rectangular area. When released,
+ all objects contained in the area will form an aggregate
+ selection. An area selection can be used to add to an existing
+ selection by holding the <key>Ctrl</key> key while
+ performing the selection.</p>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Unselecting objects</title>
+
+ <p>Individual objects can be removed from an existing
+ selection by holding the <key>Ctrl</key> key while
+ clicking on a previously selected object. An entire selection
+ can be dismissed by using the <guiseq>
+ <gui>Edit</gui> <gui>Un-select All</gui>
+ </guiseq> menu item
+ or by simply clicking any empty space in the display area.
+ Once an object is unselected its highlight is removed.</p>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="clipboard">
+ <title>Clipboard Commands</title>
+
+ <p>Object selections can be manipulated using the standard clipboard
+ operations <gui>Cut</gui>,
+ <gui>Copy</gui>, <gui>Paste</gui>,
+ and <gui>Delete</gui>.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title><gui>Cut</gui> (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>X</key></keyseq>)</title>
+
+ <p>Moves selected objects to the clipboard. The objects are
+ then available for pasting back into the current document or
+ another document.</p>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title><gui>Copy</gui> (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>C</key></keyseq>)</title>
+
+ <p>Copies selected objects to the clipboard without deleting
+ them. The objects are then available for pasting back into
+ the current document or another document.</p>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title><gui>Paste</gui> (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>V</key></keyseq>)</title>
+
+ <p>Pastes objects from the clipboard into the current document.
+ <app>gLabels</app> can only paste objects from
+ another <app>gLabels</app> document.</p>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title><gui>Delete</gui> (<key>Del</key>)</title>
+
+ <p>Deletes selected objects without placing them on the
+ clipboard.</p>
+
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
+</page>