Back in the Control Panel, when you’re viewing the list of links you’ve entered, suppose you want to view only certain links in the list. For example, maybe you want to see only a list of links that are in a given Category.  This is the purpose of the Select section. 

By the way, you may never neeed to do a Select. But it's here if you want it.

You can select which links should appear in the list. When you go to this Select Links to Show page, you can select by Category, URL, Title, Person, Link URL, or Date Added.

For example, you can select by "Link URL is null." That will show you ONLY the links that do not have the Link URL field filled in.

Another example: "Date Added is between" and select 2 dates. That will show you only links that you added between those dates.

Then, when you hit the Select By Above Criteria button, you're taken back to the listing on the Control Panel.  Only now you see a list of only the links you selected. Note that if you use Export – Import of Links, it will only export whatever selection is currently in effect.

OK?  Let's look at the Export - Import page...