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# Selecting Multiple Cells

## Select a rectangular range

With the mouse button pressed, drag from one corner to the diagonally opposed corner of the range.

## Mark a single cell

Do one of the following:

- Click, then Shift-click the cell.

- Pressing the mouse button, drag a range across two cells, do not release the mouse button, and then drag back to the first cell. You can now move the individual cell by drag and drop.

## Select various dispersed cells

Do one of the following:

- Mark at least one cell. Then while pressing Command Ctrl, click each of the additional cells.

- Click the STD / EXT / ADD area in the status bar until it shows ADD. Now click all cells that you want to select.

## Switch marking mode

On the status bar, click the box with the legend STD / EXT / ADD to switch the marking mode:

Field contents | Effect of clicking the mouse
STD | A mouse click selects the cell you have clicked on. Unmarks all marked cells.
EXT | A mouse click marks a rectangular range from the current cell to the cell you clicked. Alternatively, Shift-click a cell.
ADD | A mouse click in a cell adds it to the already marked cells. A mouse click in a marked cell unmarks it. Alternatively, CommandCtrl-click the cells.

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