SI Tip of the Day: Shift+Delete Keystroke to Delete Blocks of Text

TIP: A little-known keystroke Shift+Delete can be used when your cursor is at beginning of an XML tag such as SPT, TXT, LST, ITM, to instantly and correctly delete everything enclosed by the start tag and its associated end tag.

Screenshots - Before:

After:

Still a good idea to use Alt, T, V to check validity. 

AND BE AWARE that any nested subparts will also be deleted if you delete a parent SPT tag and all that is within it using Shift+Delete.

(This information is found in the built-in help system, under SpecsIntact Editor > Using the SI Editor > Tips & Techniques. Along with a lot of other good tips & techniques ;)

SI Tip of the Day - More hot-keys

Here are a few more hot-keys that are often handy:

Alt+S Tags view (toggle)

Alt+R Revisions view (toggle)

Alt+N Notes view (toggle)

Shift+F8 Revision tracking (toggle)

CTRL+F Find text (to find next, use F3. Side note: If you have text selected, it will put that text into the Find dialog box. Very useful if you have just added a supplemental reference, and you want to go back to the text you were editing.)

Ctrl+B Find brackets (to find next, also use F3, if you use pause after each change)

CTRL+I Find tags (useful for location TAI options if you are marking deletions)

Alt+Z Zoom in

Alt+Y Zoom back out

Alt+G Display only English units

Alt+M Display only metric units

Alt+B Display both

For the ones you use repeatedly, it is well worth taking a moment to let those sink in. Keys on the keyboard are always right where you expect them, unlike your mouse pointer which roams all over the place.

There are many many more. Those are just my favorites for today. As you browse through menus to find commands, if you look to the right, you will see all the hot-keys. For commands that don't have an assigned hot-key, you may be able to use Alt and follow the underscored items in menus. Thus Alt, T, V runs the Validate command.