Two Shortcuts Related To Extended Highlighting - Selection Mode


Two Shortcuts Related To Extended Highlighting - Selection Mode



I have talked about the useful extended highlighting feature a number of times.  Before 2007, you would use the F8 key to turn it on or the "Ext" area of the status bar that no longer exists to turn it on or off.

From 2007 onward, you can still use F8 to turn Extended Highlighting on but now it is also referred to in the Status Bar as "Selection Mode".  You have the option to easily turn it on or off (in the “Customize Status Bar Menu) as well as using the ESC key.

Either way, you can target specific areas of text for quick highlighting such as pressing the return key to highlight a PARAGRAPH at a time or another example would be pressing the period key to highlight a sentence at a time.  It highlights up to the first instance of whatever key or combo of keys you type.  PLAY WITH SELECTION MODE.  Once you get it it is way more stable that highlighting with only the mouse.  Remember:  When you press the F8 Key it will highlight within your text up to the first instance of whatever key you type on your keyboard including the tab and return key.

But, there are two very good shortcuts closely associated with Extended Highlighting.

1.  Alt and Left Click:  Lets you highlight a vertical column of text at a time, meaning as small as a character width wide or more "vertically".  So you can highlight text vertically without "involving the entire line of text or entire paragraph".  

A. A.  The contract
B. B.  The company  
C. C.  The Residence
D. D.  The Lease

Look at the example above.  It shows a scenario whereby a Heading Level has been applied but the original hard coded text is still in place and needs to be removed (referring to the second set of repeated letters). 

Use Alt and Left Click to go down vertically from A-D and then across 2 characters before you press delete to remove the hard coded A,B,C.D.

2.  You can also use Control Shift F8 in order to do the same thing (meaning activating what is called vertical highlighting), but in order to go down the list vertically you use the south cursor control key to move downward and the east cursor control key to sweep across the letter and the period (A., Etc.) whereby you would then press delete.  Much faster than having to delete each separate letter and period 1 by 1.

Try them both.  Two very good short-Cuts from the top-tier.

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