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Using icons

Selecting multiple icons

When multiple icons are selected, actions such as printing, editing, and copying affect all of them.

For example, you can:

To select all the icons in the active window:

  1. Open the Edit menu on the desktop or directory menu bar.

  2. Select Select All.

To select a group of icons:

  1. Point to an unoccupied space in the Desktop or a directory window near the icons that you want to select.

  2. Press and hold mouse button 1.

  3. Drag the mouse: a rectangular box opens and follows the movement.

  4. Release the mouse button to select any icons the box surrounds.

To select two or more icons individually:

  1. Select the first icon with mouse button 1.

  2. Select subsequent icons with mouse button 2.

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