The Edit Menu

The commands available in the Edit menu are discussed in Table 7.

Table 7. Edit Menu Descriptions

Command

Button (where applicable)

Shortcut (if applicable)

Description

Undo

Undo button

Ctrl+Z

Revert the document to a previous state (Operates only on actions in the current event. Moving to another event handler and using the Find, Replace, and Save operations causes discontinuity in the undo log)

Redo

Redo button

Ctrl+Y

Opposite to Undo

Cut

Cut button

Ctrl+X

Regular Windows behavior with regard to selected text

Copy

Copy button

Ctrl+C

Regular Windows behavior with regard to selected text

Paste

Paste button

Ctrl+V

Regular Windows behavior with regard to selected text

Find

Find button

Ctrl+F

Activate Find and specify search criteria to match a text string or a pattern

Find Next

Find Next button

F3

Find the next instance of a matched text string or a pattern

Find Previous

Find Previous button

Ctrl+F3

Find the prior instance of a matched text string or a pattern

Replace

Replace button

Ctrl+H

Activate Replace and specify the criteria to find one or more occurrences of a string (Each match is replaced with a different string)

Match Brace

 

Ctrl+B

Starting at the cursor position, locate the next opening parenthesis ((), brace ({), or bracket ([) and find the closing counterpart (If no opening ((), ({), or ([) exists, the function scans backwards until one is found and moves forward and finds the closing counterpart. If a match is found, the area between the opening and closing items is highlighted)

Go to Row

 

Ctrl+G

Move the cursor to the nominated row number in an event handler