Use the Select menu > Select > Intersecting Poly command to select objects by clicking the left mouse button in the active window to delineate a poly shape. Objects are selected when the lines of the poly shape enclose them as well as when the lines defining the poly shape intersect with them. Note that the lines defining the poly shape cannot cross or intersect with each other.
Click the Select menu > Select > Intersecting Poly command to enable the Intersecting Poly Select mode.
Click in the active window to begin selecting the target objects.
Move the mouse to the next location and click the left mouse button to draw the first side of the poly shape. Continue clicking in the active window at any number of points to enclose the object(s) to be selected within the lines defining the poly shape or to intersect the lines defining the poly shape with the object(s) to be selected. As noted above, the lines defining the poly shape cannot cross or intersect with each other.
Exit the Intersecting Poly Select mode by double clicking the left mouse button. Any objects fully within the poly-shaped area or that intersect with the lines defining the poly shape will be selected. Note that using the Esc key will cancel the selection, rather than exit the Intersecting Poly Select mode.
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