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EVE SELECT_ALL — VMS 5.4

 SELECT ALL

 Selects all of the current buffer---regardless of your position---so you
 can perform an editing operation.

 Steps:

    1.  Use SELECT ALL or on DECwindows, click MB1 five times.  The entire
        buffer is highlighted in reverse video.  The cursor position does
        not change.

    2.  You can then edit the selection by using a command or key that
        works on a select range, such as COPY, FILL, REMOVE, or UPPERCASE.
        See help on Ranges And Boxes.

 Usage notes:

 o  To cancel the selection, do any of the following:

       *  Use RESET (for example, press GOLD-SELECT).
       *  Repeat SELECT or BOX SELECT (for example, press the SELECT key).
       *  Click MB1 once (which also repositions the cursor).

 o  If you use SELECT ALL or click MB1 five times, you cannot use the
    following:

       Pending delete
       BOX COPY
       BOX CUT
       FIND SELECTED
       OPEN SELECTED

 o  On DECwindows, if you select text, the pop-up menu (displayed by
    holding down MB2) contains COPY, CUT, FILL RANGE, case changes, and
    other commands for editing a selection.

 Related topics:

    Mouse     Quick Copy     Ranges And Boxes     RESET     SELECT

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