To make a rectangular or column selection without using the Block menu, hold down the Alt key on the keyboard while making the selection. You can disable this in Options, Preferences, Editor. When the cursor reaches the edge of the screen, it will stay visible if you continue scrolling. To quickly scroll the text without moving the text cursor and without moving your hands away from the keyboard, hold down Ctrl while pressing the up or down arrow keys. To delete the start or the end of the current line, press Shift+Ctrl+Backspace or Shift+Ctrl+End. To delete the start or the end of the current word, press Ctrl+Backspace or Ctrl+End. To jump to the next or previous word, hold down the Ctrl key while pressing the left or right arrow keys.

To select everything from the current position of the text cursor to the start or end, press Shift+Ctrl+Home or Shift+Ctrl+End. To move to the start or end of the document, press Ctrl+Home or Ctrl+End. In this tips and tricks section, I will explain you some of the more special shortcuts, which are not often found in other text editors. You can keep your hands on the keyboard, and do in a few keystrokes what would require many keystrokes in other editors. With a bit of practice and experience, using these key combinations will make text editing much faster. I mean editing commands, such as holding the Shift key down while pressing the arrow keys to select some text. I don’t mean the keyboard shortcuts you can assign to menu items in Options|Preferences|Keyboard. Much of EditPad Pro’s editing power and convenience lies in the many keyboard shortcuts it supports.

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