Harold Fuchs wrote:
Errm. *Please* try what I suggested. Having selected row 8, move the cursor
down to row 9 and then ***hit shift and space*** that is hold down the shift
key and press space. Row 9 becomes selected. The effect is *exactly* what
the OP said he wanted.
You need to go back and re-read the original post. Dotan's friend
claimed she could highlight a row and, by using the arrow keys, move the
highlight (selection) to the next row down thereby highlighting the
information she was working with. It was this I was referring to. She
wanted to be able to highlight a row of information and, with one
keystroke (the arrow key) move the highlighted area to the next row she
was going to work with. This can not be done in either Excel or Calc.
I think you, Gene Young, are trying to move the **data** down.
No, I am extending the highlight down, one row at a time so that the
last highlighted row is the row in current use. There is no moving of
data, only the highlighting of the selection.
That is *not*
what the OP wants. The OP's friend has a list of data in rows. Having worked
on one row (say #8) she now want to concentrate on row 9. Concentration is
aided by having the "current" row highlighted. It's analogous to putting a
ruler on the page so that data from one row are not confused with data from
another and you can more easily "read along the row".
Agreed, see above. The point is that she wanted to do it with single
keystrokes. It can't be done. In Excel you can EXTEND the SELECTION
one row at a time with SHIFT+DOWN ARROW, making your row of interest
either the last highlighted row or the first row below the highlighted
selection. Either method accomplishes placing the focus on the desired
row. In Calc, it only extends the selection or the first CELL in the
highlighted row. (It SHOULD extend the selection across the entire row.
I don't know if this is a bug or by design.) Thus her desired action,
moving the row highlight down with a single keystroke, is not possible
in Calc. This means she must resort to the two keystroke method you
suggested. Only a sleight delay admittedly, but not exactly what the OP
wanted, which is what I was pointing out.
--
Gene Y.
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