Excel 2007: Selecting multiple objects by drawing a selection box

[panalysis]

I want to select multiple drawing objects in Excel in Office 2007. The
previous version of Excel (2003) allowed you to draw a box around the objects
that you wanted to select. This option was selected by clicking the pointer
icon at the bottom left hand corner of the screen. This option seems to have
disappeared in Excel 2007. Can anyone advise?

Also, I previously changed the length of a drawing line by dragging one end
while holding the cntl key. This kept the original direction of the line and
just changed the length. Holding cntl now rotates the line - does anyone
know the new keyboard stroke for this function?

 

[Jon Peltier]

Arrow pointer:

Home tab, far right, click Find & Select, and the Select Objects button is
near the bottom.

Keep aspect ratio (angle of a line) constant while changing its size:

Hold the Shift key, just like in pre-2007 versions.

- Jon

 

[panalysis]

Thanks for the info Jon.

The Home tab advice solved my selecting problem.

Holding shift key down like in previous Excel doesn't work. Instead of
resizing, the line becomes infinitely long - extending to the limit of the
sheet. I've tried it in new file in Excel 2007 and your advice works fine,
but in my existing Excel file I have the problem described above.

Andrew.

 

[Jon Peltier]

Was the file created in an earlier version of Excel? Sometimes things like
charts and shapes don't make the transition smoothly.

- Jon