How to get rid of the marching ants?

When I select a portion of a picture with the lasso tools or the wand tool why does the marching ants border still show after I've done what I wanted to do? I know you can get rid of them in the "view" menu but I can't do anything else until those marching ants are truely gone.

I've tried hitting enter when I finish but it does nothing.

<Ctrl> + D will get rid of them a very useful short cut. Also >Select

Deselect from the menu works.

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If you just want to hide the marching ants so that you can better see the effects you're trying for, hit <Control> + H

Probably an ant eater?

(sorry, I couldnot resist the temptation)

Leen