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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark_value>mouse; pointers when using drag and drop</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147008" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">There are many options for moving or copying objects using drag-and-drop. Text sections, drawing objects, graphics, form controls, hyperlinks, cell ranges, and many more can be moved or copied with the mouse.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155892" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Note that the mouse pointer displays a plus sign when copying and an arrow when creating a link or hyperlink.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154366" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">If you press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> or Shift+<switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> while releasing the mouse button, you can control whether the object is copied, moved, or a link is created.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156422" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">If you drag objects out of the <link href="text/shared/guide/navigator.xhp" name="Navigator"><emph>Navigator</emph></link>, you can specify in the submenu of the Navigator's <emph>Drag Mode</emph> icon whether to copy the object, insert it as a link or insert it as a hyperlink.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3153144" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">You can cancel a drag-and-drop operation in $[officename] at any time by pressing the Esc key before releasing the mouse button.</paragraph>
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