Magic Wand

Note: Magic Wand is only available on the Paint tab.

The Magic Wand  selects an area of similar color to where you click. The color, hue and brightness are used when making this selection.

Select Magic Wand Select

• In the toolbar, click Magic Wand .

• Choose Edit > Magic Wand.

Use Magic Wand Select

1. Click Magic Wand Select

   

   . The pointer changes to the magic wand pointer .

2. Change the color sensitivity of the Magic Wand with Tolerance

   

   , by moving the slider, or adjusting the numbers. See Tolerance.

3. Click on a color within your picture. Adjacent areas in the picture with a similar color to the area that you clicked are selected.
   The selection is shown by a dashed line.

4. To make a new selection, click outside the current selection, then make a new selection.

5. The Magic Wand is enabled until another tool is activated, or you Control–click to deselect it.

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

Freehand Select

Invert Selection

Select All

Deselect All

Replace Selection

Add to Selection

Remove from Selection