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3.3.4 Text Editor

MetaEdit+ provides a built-in text editor for editing long text property values. The Text Editor includes basic text processing functions in the Edit menu and in the pop-up menu of the editing area. These functions include find, replace, cut, copy and paste and undo. Shortcut keys are provided for the most frequently used functions, and for setting fonts. Furthermore, you can save and retrieve text in the editor from external files and print the text through the functions in the File menu.

Text Editor

Figure 3–43. Text Editor.

You may also use an external text editor program, configurable on the Paths page of the Options Tool (see Paths settings in Section 3.1.3 for details).

A selected block can be indented or unindented with Tab or Shift+Tab. Other shortcut keys for editing include the following, which also work in other text fields in MetaEdit+:
Ctrl+X
Cut
Ctrl+C
Copy
Ctrl+V
Paste
Ctrl+A
Select All
Ctrl+F
Find
Ctrl+G
Find Next for selected text
Ctrl+Shift+G
Find Previous for selected text
Ctrl+R
Replace
Shortcut keys for setting fonts include:
Ctrl+B
Toggle bold
Ctrl+I
Toggle italic
Ctrl+U
Toggle underline
Esc b
Bold
Esc B
Not bold
Esc i
Italic
Esc I
Not italic
Esc u
Underlined
Esc U
Not underlined
Esc s
Serif
Esc S
Sans serif
Esc +
Large size
Esc -
Normal size
Esc x
Remove all formatting

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