This command changes the operation of the editor for selecting text. When column mode is selected highlighted text is based on the character column position of the first character selected to the column of the last character of text selected. Text selected in this mode does not automatically include all text between the start and end position, but includes all text in the columns between the first and last character selected.
Column mode editing is sometimes referred to as block mode editing as the act of selecting text forms a rectangle.
Cut, Copy and Paste work with the selected text.
Column mode editing requires that Word Wrap be turned off and a fixed pitch font be selected.
When column mode is enabled, additional column features are enabled; Insert/Fill Columns, Delete Columns, Cut Columns and Insert Number.
Shortcut: ALT+C