SQL SERVER Management Studio – ALT Keys Trick to Select Vertical Text

As wise ones say, there are always multiple solutions to one problem, today we will see the alternative trick to select vertical text in SQL Server Management Studio which I discussed earlier here: SQL SERVER Management Studio – ALT + SHIFT Keys Trick to Select Vertical Text.

In the previous blog posts, I discussed that we can select the vertical text in SSMS using  ALT + SHIFT keys.

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Lots of users said, I really do not need ALT + SHIFT combo. We can do the same with the help of only the ALT keyword as well. Well, I had no idea about it and I just tried it out and it did work. I am super impressed.

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After this, I tried this one out with notepad++ as the previous trick worked for it as well. To my surprise, it also worked with notepad++ and few other editors as well. I am very glad about this new learning as this will save me thousands of keyboard stocks every year.

If you know any such trick, please send me an email and I will be happy to post on the blog with the due credit to you.

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