Text Editor includes selecting text options to maintain specific text selected in a text file, select multiple pieces of text at once, select text vertically, and delete selected text. If you are working with code or editing a piece of text, you might want the selected area to remain selected or have multiple pieces of text selected at once. If you are working with columns, you can select text vertically.
To maintain text selection
1. Click Options, Preferences.
2. Enable the Persistent Selections check box.
To select multiple pieces of text
1. Click Options, Preferences.
2. Click Persistent Selections.
3. Enable the Multiple Selections check box.
To select text vertically
1. Click Options, Preferences.
2. Enable the Vertical Selections check box.
To delete selected text
1. Click Options, Preferences.
2. Enable the Delete On Input checkbox.
3. Press DELETE.