Selecting branches and shapes

You can select branches just by clicking on them. If you want to add other branches to your selection, you can either:

•	Hold the Shift key or Control key down while you click on other branches and graphics

•	Use the menu item "Select Siblings" from the Select control on the Home tab to add all the sibling branches of the selected branches to your selection

•	Use the menu item "Select Children" from the Select control on the Home tab to add all the children branches of the selected branches to your selection

•	Use the menu item "Select Descendants" from the Select control on the Home tab to add all the children and grandchildren etc branches of the selected branches to your selection

•	Hold the Shift key down while you drag a region around the other branches and shapes you want to add to your selection (see below for details)

You can select multiple branches and shapes by using your left mouse button and clicking and dragging across the canvas. Your selection area will be colored and as items are selected their handles will appear to show they are included. Release the mouse button when finished. You can add to the selection by shift dragging, and control dragging will add items that are not included and remove ones that are.

To de-select all the selected shapes and branches, simply click elsewhere in the Mind-Map. To deselect a single graphic, hold the Control key while clicking on it.

The commands in the ribbon bar operate on multiple selections, so you can select a number of shapes and/or branches and perform the same operation on them all if you wish.