On Wednesday 08 June 2005 11:45 am, Joe wrote:
> When I select text (in OOo writer 1.1.4, Linux and Windoze 98se)
> using the mouse, it works great, but as soon as I cross a page
> boundary, the process accelerates so much that I completely lose
> control of it and select much more than I wanted to. When I try to
> correct this by backing up, the same thing happens in the opposite
> direction and often goes past the starting point. This is vey
> frustrating and disorienting.
>
> Is there a way to control the speed of this process, - to slow it
> down? This may be OS dependent, because I think the same thing
> happens in other programs.
>
> I know I can use shift-uparrow or shift-downarrow instead of the
> mouse. That's easier to control - although the text window does
> scroll in blocks instead of line by line and that is a bit
> unsettling, but I would still prefer to have it work better with the
> mouse.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Joe
What about shift + Page Up or shift + Page Down? This can be used
in conjuction with shift + up arrow or down arrow.
Dan
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