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# Edit

This menu contains commands for editing the contents of the current document.

## Undo

Reverses the last command or the last entry you typed. To select the command that you want to reverse, click the arrow next to the Undo icon on the Standard bar.

## Redo

Reverses the action of the last Undo command. To select the Undo step that you want to reverse, click the arrow next to the Redo icon on the Standard bar.

## Repeat

Repeats the last command. This command is available in Writer and Calc.

## Cut

Removes and copies the selection to the clipboard.

## Copy

Copies the selection to the clipboard.

## Paste

Inserts the contents of the clipboard at the location of the cursor, and replaces any selected text or objects.

## Paste Special

Inserts the contents of the clipboard into the current file in a format that you can specify.

## Select All

Selects the entire content of the current file, frame, or text object.

## Selection Mode

Choose the selection mode from the submenu: normal selection mode, or block selection mode.

## Select Text

You can enable a selection cursor in a read-only text document or in the Help. Choose Edit - Select Text or open the context menu of a read-only document and choose Select Text. The selection cursor does not blink.

## Find

Toggle the visibility of the Find toolbar to search for text or navigate a document by element.

## Find & Replace

Finds or replaces text or formats in the current document.

## Go to Page

Opens a dialog box to enter which page number should be shown. (Command Ctrl+G)

## Track Changes

Lists the commands that are available for tracking changes in your file.

## Comment

Shows submenu that gives options to reply, resolve and delete comments.

## Reference

A submenu that offers possibilities to edit footnotes, endnotes, index entries, and bibliography entries.

## Hyperlink

Opens a dialog that enables you to create and edit hyperlinks.

## Fields

Opens a dialog where you can edit the properties of a field. Click in front of a field, and then choose this command. In the dialog, you can use the arrow buttons to move to the previous or the next field.

## Links to External Files

You can change or remove each link to external files in the current document. You can also update the content of the current file to the most recently saved version of linked external file. This command does not apply to hyperlinks, and is not available if the current document does not contain links to other files.

## Object

Lets you edit a selected object in your file that you inserted with the Insert - Object command.

## Exchange Database

Change the data sources for the current document. To correctly display the contents of inserted fields, the replacement database must contain identical field names.

## Direct Cursor Mode

Allows a user to click at the beginning, middle, or end of any possible text line on a page and then begin typing.

## Edit Mode

Use the Edit Mode icon to activate or deactivate the edit mode.