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         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Using the Direct Cursor</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155178"><bookmark_value>text; cursor</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>entering text with direct cursor</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>direct cursor; settings</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>writing with direct cursor</bookmark_value>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155908" role="paragraph">The direct cursor allows you to enter text anywhere on a page.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155921" role="paragraph">To set the behavior of the direct cursor, choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph></caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - %PRODUCTNAME Writer - Formatting Aids</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106A3" role="listitem">On the <item type="menuitem">Tools</item> bar, click the <item type="menuitem">Direct Cursor</item> icon 
<image id="img_id3149846" src="cmd/sc_shadowcursor.png" width="0.222in" height="0.222in"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3149846">Icon</alt></image>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106C5" role="listitem">Click in a free space in the text document. The mouse pointer changes to reflect the alignment that will be applied to the text that you type:</paragraph>
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	</image> Align right</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1071D" role="listitem">Type your text. %PRODUCTNAME automatically inserts the required number of blank lines, and, if the options are enabled, tabs and spaces.</paragraph>
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