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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Preferences</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Selection</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Selection Preferences</b> dialog box, select <b class="uiTerm">Lasso</b> from the <b class="uiTerm">Mouse Gesture</b> list. 
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                        <p class="para_note_body">Lasso now becomes your default. To use the rectangle method, you must choose <b class="uiTerm">Rectangle</b> from the <b class="uiTerm">Mouse Gesture</b> list.
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            <p class="para_item">Select a rule from the <b class="uiTerm">Selection Rule</b> list and click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Depending on your Selection Rule setting, you can select all objects inside or outside the area. You can also choose to select objects partially inside or outside the area.</p>
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