With Freehand Select 
, click and drag to draw an irregular outline around the desired area. Alternatively, click on a line or group to select it. The four-headed arrow Move pointer
appears as you approach an object. Click Freehand Select and the pointer changes to the freehand select pointer
. Click and drag to draw an irregular outline around the desired area. When you release the mouse the area is closed automatically with a straight line between the last mouse position and the start position. The selection box will show you the extent of the block. Click outside the block to make a new selection using this method. Only objects that are completely enclosed by the selection line will be selected.
Freehand Select is enabled until another tool is activated. Right-click to deselect.
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.
Freehand Select is useful when an area cannot be easily selected by using the simpler Box Select function.
If the wrong area is selected, click in the active window, but outside the box, to deselect.
Shortcuts
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Draw Tab, Select; Paint tab: Select:
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Keys: Alt, D, F; Alt, P, F
Select Objects with Freehand Select
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Click the Freehand Select icon
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Click and drag to draw a line around the required objects. The objects inside the line will become the current selection, indicated by a rectangle with white handles.
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The line is closed automatically in a straight line between your start point and end point. If you are not close enough to your start point then you could leave out some desired objects by accident.
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If you want to make a new selection, click outside the current selection to deselect it. Then draw a new line around the required objects.
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Freehand Select is enabled until another tool is activated, or you right-click to deselect.