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Christiaan

On 7 Apr 2008, at 2:47 PM, Claus Atzenbeck wrote:

> Hi all:
>
> I started using Skim to read and annotate research papers. I often use
> the highlight feature.
>
> Many research articles, however, have a two column layout. I can use  
> the
> option key to use a rubber band for selection, but this would lead to
> selecting whole lines always.
>
> Most of the time, however, I want to start the selection somewhere in
> the middle of a line and end it somewhere in the middle of the third
> line below that. That is not possible with the rubber band. This works
> with "normal" selection, but only for single column layouts, not for
> multiple columns.
>
> I am wondering if there is a feature that would allow me to select  
> text
> in an intelligent way, that is that Skim "understands" the text flow  
> and
> acts accordingly.
>
> Cheers,
> /CA
>
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