Specifications

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❖ To specify File Editor properties:
1 Select Design>Options to display the property page.
2 Choose the tab appropriate to the property you want to specify.
Editor properties apply elsewhere
When you set properties for the file editor, the settings also apply to the
Interactive SQL view in the Database painter.
Editing activities
The file editor provides a full set of basic editing facilities including:
• Opening, saving, and printing files
• Cutting, copying, pasting, and clearing selected text
• Finding and replacing text
• Undoing changes
• Commenting and uncommenting lines
• Importing and exporting text files
• Dragging and dropping text
Using the file editor’s
PainterBar and menu
bar
The file editor has a PainterBar that provides a shortcut for performing
frequently used activities. There is also a corresponding menu item (and often
a shortcut key) for each activity.
To see the shortcut keys, select Tools>Keyboard Shortcuts from the menu bar
and use the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box.
Dragging and
dropping text
To move text, simply select it, drag it to its new location, and drop it. To copy
text, press the Ctrl key while you drag and drop the text.