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Chapter 6

Selecting Objects

 There are three methods of selecting objects:

Selecting Objects

 Visual Thought allows you to select single and multiple objects in a variety of ways.

Select by Clicking

 Eight selection handles appear around the circle. You have selected the circle.

Selection Key Modifiers

Select by Clicking-and-Dragging

 You can also click-and-drag the cursor across the View. This dragging creates a selection rectangle; whichever objects intersect the rectangle are selected.

Deselecting Objects

Selecting Multiple Objects

 To select multiple objects,

Selecting Multiple Objects of the Same Type


Double-click on the chosen shape in the Selection dialog also selects all instances of that particular shape.


For further information on how to use the Selection dialog, see "Selection Dialog" on page 201.

Selecting All the Objects in the Diagram


Ctrl-A is a very useful key accelerator. For example, the quickest way to delete all objects from a document is to type Ctrl-A followed by Backspace.


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