• <GetStart>
  • CSPro User's Guide
    • The CSPro System
    • Data Dictionary Module
      • Introduction to Data Dictionary
      • Organization
      • Dictionary Concepts
      • Data Dictionary Application
      • How to ...
        • Open an Existing Dictionary Application
        • Move Around a Dictionary
        • View the Dictionary Layout
        • Add Dictionary Elements
        • Modify Dictionary Elements
        • Add or Modify Levels
        • Add or Modify Records
        • Add or Modify Items
        • Add or Modify Value Sets
        • Linked Value Sets
        • Generate Numeric Value Set
        • Add or Modify Values
        • Undo and Redo Changes
        • Select Several Dictionary Elements
        • Insert Dictionary Elements
        • Delete Dictionary Elements
        • Move Dictionary Elements
        • Find Dictionary Elements
        • Document Dictionary Elements
        • Convert Items to Subitems
        • Select Relative or Absolute Positioning
        • Create Dictionary with No Record Types
        • Occurrence Labels
        • Add or Modify Relations
        • Print the Dictionary File
        • Save Dictionary as New File
        • Multiple Language Dictionaries
        • Dictionary Macros
        • Dictionary Analysis
        • Dictionary Security Options
    • The CSPro Language
    • Data Entry Module
    • Batch Editing Applications
    • Tabulation Applications
    • Data Sources
    • CSPro Statements and Functions
    • Templated Reporting System
    • HTML and JavaScript Integration
    • Action Invoker
    • Appendix
  • <CSEntry>
  • <CSBatch>
  • <CSTab>
  • <DataViewer>
  • <TextView>
  • <TblView>
  • <CSFreq>
  • <CSDeploy>
  • <CSPack>
  • <CSDiff>
  • <CSConcat>
  • <Excel2CSPro>
  • <CSExport>
  • <CSIndex>
  • <CSReFmt>
  • <CSSort>
  • <ParadataConcat>
  • <ParadataViewer>
  • <CSCode>
  • <CSDocument>
  • <CSView>
  • <CSWeb>

Select Several Dictionary Elements

You can select several dictionary elements of the same type from the dictionary window.
Using the Mouse
  1. Click on the line where you want to start selecting.
  2. Hold the left mouse button down and drag the mouse up or down until your desired selection is highlighted. Note that the window will automatically scroll if necessary.
  3. Release the mouse button.
Using the Keyboard
  1. Using the cursor keys, move to the start of your desired selection, so that the blue highlight bar is on that line.
  2. Press and hold the Shift key.
  3. Use the Up and Down arrows to expand your selection. PgUp and PgDn will expand the selected lines a page at a time.
You can use cut and copy to move/copy your selection elsewhere within the dictionary, or to use in another open dictionary. You can delete multiple records, items, or values at the same time. Undo can be a useful feature when dealing with block operations.