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    • Joe Berry
      Joe Berry last edited by

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      I am fairly new to using columns in Notepad++. I am working on a project that requires me to work on specific columns in large text files. It is not the same columns in every file.

      Is there a quick, keyboard only, way of highlighting say column 12 from line 22 to the end of the file of 10,000 lines?

      I have read other posts here asking similar questions, but so far I have not been able to figure out how to combine the thoughts and convert the ideas into a macro or keyboard shortcut.

      Thanks in advance for your time.

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      • Alan Kilborn
        Alan Kilborn @Joe Berry last edited by Alan Kilborn

        @Joe-Berry

        Is there a quick, keyboard only, way of highlighting say column…

        Yes, it can be used in conjunction with the Edit menu’s Begin/End Select command.

        There’s a technique for setting up a macro’d keycombo for use with it in column mode in THIS THREAD.

        The basic idea is that you start the selection with the menu item (which you can also assign a keycombo to), then complete the selection using the keycombo that runs the macro.

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        • Joe Berry
          Joe Berry @Alan Kilborn last edited by

          @Alan-Kilborn - This has the parts I was missing. Just tried it, now to develop a shortcut or macro! Thanks for your time and expertise.

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