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Book R epo rt : The Grapes or Wratl'l
wnen revieWing tn e merits or tlle bOOk, The Grapes or
Wratn . by john Swl n be<:k I noti ced tnat tl'le bOOk ma y be
enjoyed on many level s. Plr st. ll cnuor en can see It as an
action-packed adventure story. Seco nd , high sc hool kids orwn
see It In tn e classroo m Where tl'ley disc u ss many or tl'le
und erlying co ncepts . Third , adUlts find It good reading in Its
own right Y oun g adults ort.en r elaw it to strife in many parts or
Figure 5.16. Word se lected for editing
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selected as s hown in figure 5.16. This method is useful when
selecting any numb er of characters from one to the e ntir e text.
To sel
ec t more th a n one line, place the edit b ar at the
beginning point
and dr ag to the ending point. The path taken
b et ween start and finish is not import ant as long as the mouse
button remains pressed during the operation .
Char ac t er groups ex tend ing beyond the d is play can be
easily selected
as will be shown in the following exam ple. To
begin,
mak e sure that the t ext is scrolled to the top. Select the
last two sentences in the text by dragging
from the word "third"
in the sixth line to the extreme bottom of the page. The text will
scroll until the
edit bar is raised. Then place the e dit bar at the
end
of the l ast sentence and release. The result is show n in
figure 5.
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