The Selection Mode in the Report Layout Manager

Three selection modes are available in the Report layout manager:

• field by field;

• in block;

• in line.

These modes can be switched:

• by means of the Selection option of the Options menu,

• by holding the left button of the mouse and pressing the right button (while the mouse is located on the background). A message specifies the current selection mode in the status bar.

Field by field selection

To select a single object, just click it. The object appears with a border.

To select several objects, you can:

• click successively the various objects to be selected while holding the Ctrl key;

• define on the screen a selection rectangle by clicking outside of any field, then, while holding the left button of the mouse, and by scanning all the fields to be selected. For a field to be selected, it must be entirely included in the selection rectangle.

Block selection

This mode is used to select a rectangular block including the spaces and fields it contains.

A block can split a constant, but cannot split a variable. This is particularly used to select a column in a table.

The block selected this way can be:

Line selection

The cursor selects full lines which can be deleted, cleared, moved or duplicated.

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