Is there a method to highlight eg. the first seven charadters in several rows at once?
Hold Alt while dragging. Or press Ctrl+Shift+F8 before dragging.
See LibreOffice Help on Selection Mode.
Tested with LibreOffice 7.0.6.2 (x64); OS: Windows 10.0.
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