Learn how to select and edit text in elements with Adobe FrameMaker.
To select all the text in a flow, click in the flow and choose or press ctrl+a.
You can select entire elements and any part of the document contents in a document window. A corresponding selection also appears in the Structure View.
If an element has contents, you can select all or part of the contents without selecting the element itself. If an element consists of a single object, such as a graphic or a cross-reference, select the entire element.
When you select an entire element, its contents are selected along with it.
To select text in an element, do one of the following:
To select text without selecting the whole element, drag through the range of text. Be careful not to drag across an element boundary. If you do, you select the entire element.
To select one element, drag from anywhere inside the element to outside one of its element boundaries.
To select more than one elements, drag through the elements. FrameMaker selects each element as you drag across one of its boundaries.
You can select entire elements or the element contents in the Structure View. A corresponding selection also appears in the document window.
If an element has contents, you can select all of the contents without selecting the element itself. If an element is a single object, such as a graphic or a cross-reference, you select the entire element. Elements that are allowed contents have round-cornered bubbles; elements that are a single object have square-cornered bubbles.
When you select an entire element, its contents are selected along with it.
To select element content, do one of the following:
To select an element, click the middle of its bubble.
To select more than one element, click the first bubble and then shift-click the other bubbles. You can also drag to the right of the vertical line connecting the elements. Start above the first element you want to select, and drag down to the last element you want to select.
To select contents of an element without descendants but not select the entire element, double-click the text snippet.
To select the contents of an element with descendants but not select the entire element, double-click to the right of the vertical line connecting the first level of descendants.