Method

Single Selection

Multi-Item Selection (Non-Adjacent)

Multi-Item Selection (Adjacent / Range)

Mouse Click

Move the mouse pointer over the item to be selected and click the item.

Click the first item to be selected, hold down the Ctrl key, and then click each additional item to be selected (click again to deselect the item).

Click the first item in the group of adjacent items to be selected, hold down the Shift key, and then click the last item in the group.

Mouse Drag

Click the first item in the group of adjacent items to be selected, hold down the mouse, and move the mouse up or down to extend the group of selected items in either direction.

Motion Key

Use any of the motion keys to move the selection highlight to the desired item.

Use any of the motion keys to move the selection highlight to the first item to be selected, hold down the Ctrl key, use the motion keys to move to each additional item to be selected, and press Space to select the item (press Space again to deselect item).

Use any of the motion keys to move the selection highlight to the first item in the group of adjacent items to select, hold down the Shift key, and use the motion keys to extend the group of selected items in either direction.

Seek

Type the first one or more characters of the item to move the selection highlight to the first occurrence of an item that starts with the character(s).

To move the selection highlight to the next occurrence, or to an item that starts with different characters, pause for half a second, and again type one or more characters.