We need a [Select None] or [Deselect All]. We used to have that...
This seems to work for me as a macro:
Sub deselect_all()ActiveSelectionRange.RemoveFromSelectionEnd Sub
I assigned the hot key "D" to that (stealing it from the "graph paper" tool).
Someone who knows more about VBA and CorelDraw than I do can inform me if there's a better way to do it than I show above.
OK, what I wrote initially still leaves the status bar indicating the selection after it has been deselected.
This instead:
Sub deselect_all()ActiveSelectionRange.RemoveFromSelectionApplication.RefreshEnd Sub