Re: [libreoffice-design] Usability comes from stability

On Mon, 09 May 2011 20:16:10 -0700, Jim Fuqua <jimfuqua@comcast.net> wrote:

>      Have you ever tried to copy and paste fifty pages out of a hundred  
> page document? It was easy to do in WordStar but difficult with all of  
> the scrolling in current era programs. WordStar had a simple command to  
> mark a starting spot for selection and another command to mark the  
> ending spot for a selection. Perhaps there is an easy way in  
> LibreOffice. If so please let me know.

Try placing the cursor in the start of the text block you want to copy,
scroll down to the end of the block, shift+click on the last character.
Adjust with shift+arrows.

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