Selecting Multiple Items
This brief chart explains how to select more than one thing in form fields that present multiple, pre-defined choices as a list. This does NOT apply to check boxes, radio boxes, or any field where you type in the information. Instructions are provided for both Windows and MacOS based PCs.
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Windows |
MacOS |
Select one choice |
Left-mouse-click on desired item. |
Mouse-click on desired item. |
Select range (i.e. everything from one choice up to and including another choice) |
Left-mouse-click on first item. |
Mouse-click on first item. |
Select assorted (i.e. more than one item not in a range) |
<CTRL>left-mouse-click on any item to either choose
it or un-choose it! |
<CONTROL>mouse-click on any item to either choose
it or remove it! |
Select range with exceptions and/or additions (i.e. more than one item not in a range, or supplement above) |
Use select range procedure first, then use select assorted procedure to add choices, remove choices, etc. You can even un-choose items previously chosen within a range. |
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Notes:
In a particular form selection box you can only use <SHIFT> to select one range. If you need two separate ranges, save time by doing the longer one with <SHIFT>, and then use <CTRL> or <CONTROL> to add the others individually.
Doing the select range procedure un-selects all items outside the range! Therefore, always do the range procedure first, followed by the additional selections.
If you click a choice without holding down any modifying key, all previous choices are forgotten, and that becomes the one and only choice. Be careful to not wipe out your effort!
You can hold down the <CTRL> or <CONTROL> key while doing a series of choices; you don't need to let it go and press it again for each choice!
You can always use <CTRL> or <CONTROL> to select or un-select choices, whether or not you used <SHIFT>.

