Using Alt-select in SSMS, Word, and elsewhere

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Published on Sat, 08 Sep 2012 14:12:49 GMT Indexed on 2012/09/08 15:44 UTC
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A surprising number of database people and Windows users in general don’t know about Alt select . This is a Windows technique not unique to SSMS that allows a user to select an arbitrary rectangular region of text and delete it, cut it, or copy it. Where I find Alt select particularly useful in SSMS is when I have a bunch of inline comments that are too far to the right. I want to delete much of the whitespace in front of them to move them to the left without disturbing any of the rest of the T-SQL....(read more)

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