2009/6/17 Gene Young <[email protected]> > Harold Fuchs wrote: > >> 2009/6/14 Dotan Cohen <[email protected]> >> >> Hi all, I have a user who just moved to Kubuntu from MS Windows XP and >>> is enjoying Open Office 3.1 installed from the Ubuntu OOo PPA. One >>> feature that she is missing is the ability to highlight an entire row, >>> and then move the highlight up / down a row. Apparently MSO could do >>> this, though I cannot figure out how to do it there, either. >>> >>> To be clear, the user selects (for instance) row 8, then with the >>> keyboard (either arrow keys, or maybe page up/down) moves the >>> selection from row 8 to row 9. This effectively highlights a row, >>> which helps her in her workflow (calling people, the spreadsheet is a >>> list of contact information). >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any ideas on how to do this in OOo 3.1. >>> >>> >> Move down (or to any row you like) and then hit shift and space together. >> Ctrl/Space does the same for columns. Works on Win XP Pro using OOo 2.4.1. >> I >> have to assume it'll work in 3.1 >> >> >> >> CTRL+SPACE highlights the row your cursor is in. You still have to > re-select the row when you move the cursor to a new row. For highlighting > columns use CTRL+SHIFT+SPACE.
Which is why I said " Move down (or to any row you like) and then ..." So, for clarity, having selected a row, move the cursor to a new row using the down [or up] arrow *and then* hit shift/space to highlight the new row. So this is two separate key strokes instead of Excel's one If you like you could record a macro that moves down one row and hits shift/space. Assign a key to this macro. Now, once any row is selected, hitting the assigned key will automatically move the highlight down one. > > -- > Gene Y. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
