---
title: "Operations with count items"
description: "Gain more flexibility while adding count to your drawings with the help of following manipulations with count items"
url: https://help-takeoff.kreo.net/en/articles/5756033-operations-with-count-items
collection: "Measurements Operations"
updated: 2026-10-02
language: en
alternates: [fr]
---

# Operations with count items

Gain more flexibility while adding count to your drawings with the help of following manipulations with count items

The following operations are applicable for both [manual Count](https://help-takeoff.kreo.net/en/articles/5481207-count.md) & [Auto Count](https://help-takeoff.kreo.net/en/articles/5481213-auto-count.md) tools, which gives you more freedom & flexibility while adding the count to your drawings:

## **Continue option for Count items**

Continue the Count items you have already created at any working stage.

Select the relevant Count item and choose the **"Continue"** option in the pop-up window.

📝 **Note!**

_If the Count has been already added to the spreadsheet, it will be automatically updated once the_ **_"Continue"_** _option is completed._

  
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![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/6874f791a81bb9196b315e05/20250715090957_7817.gif)

## **Join option for Count items**

This function allows you to connect several separate Count items into a single one. To do this, select several necessary Count items and select the **"Join"** option in the pop-up menu.  
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📝 **Note!**

_If the Count has been already added to the spreadsheet, it will be automatically updated once the_ **_"Join"_** _option is completed._

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/6874f791a81bb9196b315e05/20250715090955_0866.gif)

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**Modify mode for Count items**

To enter the mode, right-click and select the **"Modify"** option.

When entering the mode, you see a connecting line, so that you immediately understand that you are in the Modify mode.

## What are the options available in the Modify mode?

-   **Multiselect**
    

To multi-select several Count items, hold down **Ctrl/Cmd** while you're selecting.

To deselect a selected item, hold down **Ctrl/Cmd** while you're using the [Select tool](https://help-takeoff.kreo.net/en/articles/5481204-select-measurements.md).

You can also use the selection area feature by holding down the left mouse button for selecting Count items.

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/6874f791a81bb9196b315e05/20250715090956_5419.gif)

-   **Dragging**
    

Enter the Modify mode and select several Count items, and then you can move the elements you've selected.

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/6874f791a81bb9196b315e05/20250715090953_2835.gif)

-   **Multiple deletion**
    

In the Modify mode, you can select multiple Count items and delete them all at once.

To do this, select several Count items in the mode and click the **"Delete"** button in the pop-up window or press the **"Delete"/"Backspace"** buttons from your keyboard.

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/6874f791a81bb9196b315e05/20250715090953_1864.gif)

-   **Split**
    

You are able to split a single Count into several separate ones.

To do this, select several relevant Count items in the Modify mode and use the **"Split"** button in the pop-up window.

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/6874f791a81bb9196b315e05/20250715090955_9528.gif)