On 1/25/02 10:39 AM, I wrote: > On 1/25/02 10:06 AM, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The trick, it seems, is starting the selection (click once to get the arrow >> cursor to change to the text pointer, the vertical line cursor), holding >> down the mouse button and dragging until the cursor is outside the message >> window. The scrolling stops and the selection may actually disappear (the >> highlighting, that is). Now, use the scroll bar to position to the other end >> of the part you want to select, and just click once at the point you want. >> Bingo! It takes a little practice, but it works. >> >> Still, MBU readers, I wish the selection worked better and more "normally." > > How about shift-click, Allen. Does it work? (I don't have a long HTML > message to try out at the moment, and I'm in 2001 too) > > I just tried - in 2001. Try it in X. It's a bit temperamental in complex > HTML, but it works like this: > > 1. Select a word or so at the top of your intended selection. (I.e. don't > just click, but drag slightly to get a bit of text selected.) > > 2. Scroll to the end of the section you want to select. > > 3. Depress Shift key. > > 4. Click at the point you wish the selection to end, and drag backwards a > tiny amount - doesn't matter how little. > > Bingo! Whole section selected.
I just checked. This works in EvX also. -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
