Jim,

I've been trying to follow your instructions to no avail. The steps I  
see are

1. Select partial line (text tool?)
2. Select full lines (select tool?)
3. Select final partial line (text tool?)
4. Shift-click selections 1 through 3 in sequence

My problem is that when I use the text tool for step 1, choosing the  
select tool clears the selection made in step 1. I don't see that  
it's possible to make multiple selections with either the text tool  
or the select tool.

Do I have the steps and tools correct?

Johnnie Wilcox

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On 8 Apr 2008, at 5:04 AM, skim-app-users- 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On 4/7/08 7:07 AM, "James Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
> wrote:
>
>> On Apr 7, 2008, at 8:47 AM, Claus Atzenbeck wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> Yes. Select the partial first line in the column in the regular way,
>> use the selection rectangle (option key) to select the full lines
>> below it in the column, and then use regular selection to select the
>> partial last line. Click the first partial line, shift-click the
>> selected block under it, and then shift-click the final partial line.
>> The three separate notes will be aggregated into one note. I recently
>> found out about this myself and it's very useful.
>>
>> Jim Harrison
>> UVa
>>
>
> !!! Thank you for that tip!!
> Ingrid
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