How to Select Non-Contiguous Text in Mac OS X to Copy / Paste / Modify

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The Elder Scrolls Online
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The Elder Scrolls Online (2014)
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You can select non-contiguous text in many Mac OS X applications by *holding down the Command key* as you make text selections. This allows you to select blocks of text which do not touch, that you can then cut, copy, paste, or modify as any other selected text block.

http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/09/select-sections-of-non-contiguous-text-by-holding-down-the-command-key/

This is an awesome power user tip and works in most text and word processing apps on the Mac.

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