SELECT ENTIRE OBJECTS

By dragging

With the normal tool drag around all corners of all objects to select. Hold SHIFT to add more to the current selection.

By clicking

•Click with the normal tool to select a single object (a previous selection, if any, is canceled).

•Hold SHIFT while clicking to select more objects.

•Hold CTRL to select underlying objects (click the foreground object as many times as need to reach the underlying object).

By menu

On the Edit menu, point to Select, and then click what you want.

By keyboard

•To select all objects, press CTRL+A.

•To deselect all, press Z.

•To select all elements of an article, click any element and then press SHIFT+A.

SELECT PARTS OF OBJECTS

By dragging

•With the polygon tool drag around some corners of all objects.

•Hold SHIFT to add more to the current selection.

Note

You cannot select object across layers, but only on the current layer.