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4<!-- section history:
5  2009-01-10 j.h: reviewed for v2.6
6-->
7<sect2 id="gimp-selection-all">
8  <title>Select All</title>
9
10  <indexterm>
11    <primary>Selection</primary>
12    <secondary> Select All</secondary>
13  </indexterm>
14  <para>
15    The <guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem> command creates a new
16    selection which contains everything on the current layer.
17  </para>
18
19  <sect3>
20    <title>Activate the Command</title>
21    <itemizedlist>
22      <listitem>
23        <para>
24          You can access this command from the image menubar through
25          <menuchoice>
26            <guimenu>Select</guimenu>
27            <guimenuitem>All</guimenuitem>
28          </menuchoice>,
29        </para>
30      </listitem>
31      <listitem>
32        <para>
33          or by using the keyboard shortcut
34          <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>A</keycap></keycombo>.
35        </para>
36      </listitem>
37      <listitem>
38        <para>
39          In addition, at the
40          <link linkend="gimp-selection-dialog">Selection Editor</link>, you
41          can access it through the <link linkend="tab-menus">Tab menu</link>:
42          <menuchoice>
43            <guisubmenu>Selection Editor Menu</guisubmenu>
44            <guimenuitem>All</guimenuitem>
45          </menuchoice>,
46          or by clicking on the
47          <guiicon>
48            <inlinemediaobject>
49              <imageobject>
50                <imagedata
51                  fileref="images/dialogs/stock-selection-all-16.png"/>
52              </imageobject>
53              <textobject>
54                <phrase>Select everything</phrase>
55              </textobject>
56            </inlinemediaobject>
57          </guiicon>
58          icon button on the bottom of this dialog.
59        </para>
60      </listitem>
61    </itemizedlist>
62  </sect3>
63</sect2>
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