Freehand Select

With Freehand Select , drag to draw an irregular outline around the desired area. Only objects that are completely enclosed by the selection line are selected.

Select Freehand Select

• In the toolbar, click Freehand Select .

• Choose Edit > Freehand Select.

Select an Area with Freehand Select

1. In the toolbar, click the Freehand Select button

   

   . The Freehand Select pointer  is displayed.

2. Drag to draw a line around the required objects, and lift the pen or release the mouse button to close the area. The objects inside the line are selected, as indicated by a rectangle with handles.

Note: The line is closed automatically by a straight line between your start point and the point. If the start and end points are not close enough, you may leave out some objects by accident.

3. To make a new selection, draw a new line around the required objects.

Note: Use Command–click to add or remove an area to your selection.

4. Control–click and select Finish Freehand Select to cancel the Freehand Select tool.

Note: Use Add to Selection  with any select function to increase the area of selected objects, or use Remove From Selection

to make the currently selected area smaller.

Inserting or Pasting a Block

Object Select

Box Select

Point Line Select

Ellipse Select

Magic Wand

Invert Selection

Select All

Deselect All

Replace Selection

Add to Selection

Remove from Selection

Select a Block of Objects