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How to select areas in your drafts

drawing a selection rectangle

The toolbar includes a Selection tool Selection tool icon in the drawing tool strip. This tool is necessary, because the mouse is primarily used for drawing in Fiberworks, unlike a text-based program where it can be used primarily for selection. Only one drawing tool can be active at any time, so you must choose the Selection tool when you want to select, or type the shortcut, Shift ⌘ A.

With the selection tool, the mouse can draw a rectangle outlining the area you want to select.

Selection rectangles are outlined in blue, to distinguish them from drawing rectangles, which are red.

selecting in the threading

If you click the mouse outside an existing selection, this normally cancels the original rectangle outline without affecting the contents, allowing you to select a different area.

If you hold down the shift key while you click, this lets you extend or reduce the area outlined.

Extending a selection by Shift+click

Selected areas can be Cut, shortcut ⌘ X, or Copied, shortcut ⌘ C, or Repeated, or Transformed, shortcut ⌘ T. You can also mark a rectangle to delete or insert a group of threads.

When you want to resume drawing, choose another drawing tool to cancel the selection tool.

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