The Marquee Selection 
selects objects within a rectangle. By clicking and dragging using the Marquee Selection, you create a dotted rectangle, or marquee box around objects you want to select. All selectable objects in the topmost selectable layer are included in the marquee box.
Note: To select objects from another layer, you must turn off selectable in the Layers window for the upper layers. Only objects from one layer at a time are selected.
To select objects within a rectangle:
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Make the layer that you want to select objects from selectable. On the HOME tab, in the Windows group, click Tool Windows, and click Layers from the list, to open the Layers window. Click the Selectable
icon beside the layer name to turn selection On.
- On the MAP tab, in the Selection group, click Marquee Selection from the selection list. The cursor becomes a hand when moved over the Map window.
- Click a place on the map outside of the area you want to include in the marquee box.
- Hold down the mouse button and drag the mouse to form a dotted rectangle around the points you want to select.
- When you have reached the desired rectangle size, release the mouse button. MapInfo Pro highlights all map objects that fall within that rectangle.
- To see a list of all the selected records, on the TABLE tab, in the Contents group, click Browser. Choose Selection from the list of tables and right-click to reach the Browse command. MapInfo Pro creates a Browser window with the new selection table.