MS-DOS Edit keyboard shortcuts 

MS-DOS Edit  

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- Shortcuts
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Insert

switch to insert/overtype

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Home, Ctrl + N

line above

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End + ⤶ Enter

line below

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↑  Shift + Insert

from clipboard

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⤶ Enter

Start a new line

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Tab

Indent the selected lines

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↑  Shift + Tab

Unindent the selected lines

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Ctrl + I

Insert tab character

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↑  Shift

Use in conjunction with the cursor movement function to select regions

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↑  Shift +

Characters/lines

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↑  Shift + Ctrl +

Words

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Esc

Deselect

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F1

On menus and commands

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↑  Shift + F1

Getting started

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Ctrl + Insert

To Clipboard

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Ctrl + Q then F

Search for text

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F3

Repeat find

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Ctrl + Y

Cut current line

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Ctrl + Q then Y

Cut to end of line

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↑  Shift + Del

Cut selected text

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Del

Erase selected text

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Character left

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or Ctrl + S
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Character right

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or Ctrl + D
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Ctrl +

Word left

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or Ctrl + A
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or Ctrl +
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Ctrl +

Word right

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Line up

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or Ctrl + E
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Line down

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Home

First indentation level of current line

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Ctrl + Q then S

Begining of current line

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Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

Begining of next line

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End

End of line

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Ctrl + Q then E

Top of window

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Ctrl + Q then X

Bottom of window

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F6

Move to next window

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Alt + +

Increase size of current window

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Alt + -

Decrease size of current window

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Ctrl + End

Move to the End of the document and add new line bellow

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Ctrl + Home

Move to the start of the document

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Ctrl +

Line up

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or Ctrl + W
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Ctrl +

Line down

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or Ctrl + Z
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Page Up

Page up

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or Ctrl + R
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Page Down

Page down

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or Ctrl + C
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Ctrl + Page Up

Left one window

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Ctrl + Page Down

Right one window

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Ctrl + K then 0

Set bookmarks (macimum of 4)

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or Ctrl + K then 1
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or Ctrl + K then 2
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or Ctrl + K then 3
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Ctrl + Q then 0

Go to set bookmarks

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or Ctrl + Q then 1
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or Ctrl + Q then 2
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or Ctrl + Q then 3
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↑  Shift +

Character left

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↑  Shift +

Character right

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↑  Shift + Ctrl +

Word left

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↑  Shift + Ctrl +

Word right

--
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↑  Shift +

Current line

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↑  Shift +

Line above

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Shift + Page Up

Screen up

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Shift + Page Down

Screen down

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + Home

To beginning of file

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + End

To end of file

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Insert

Switch between insert and overstrike modes

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Ctrl + V

(MS-DOS but not Windows) Switch between insert and overstrike modes

--
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Ctrl + Insert

Copy selected text to the Clipboard

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Ctrl + C

Copy the current selection to buffer (Windows but not MS-DOS)

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↑  Shift + Del

Delete selected text and copy it to the Clipboard

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Ctrl + Y

Delete current line and copy it to the Clipboard

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Ctrl + X

Delete the current selection and copy it to buffer (Windows but not MS-DOS)

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Ctrl + Q then Y

Delete to end of line and copy it to the Clipboard

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↑  Shift + Insert

Paste the contents of the Clipboard

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Ctrl + V

Paste (Windows but not MS-DOS)

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End + ⤶ Enter

Insert a blank line below the cursor position

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Home then Ctrl + N

Insert a blank line above the cursor position

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Ctrl + P then Ctrl + Key

Insert special characters

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Backspace

Delete one character to left of the cursor

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or Ctrl + H
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Del

Delete one character at the cursor

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or Ctrl + G
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Ctrl + T

Delete the rest of the word the cursor is on

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Del

Delete selected text

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↑  Shift + Tab

Delete leading spaces from selected lines

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Ctrl + L

Repeat find for same text

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or F3
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Ctrl + Q then F

Search for text

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Ctrl + Q then A

Change text

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Ctrl + F6

Open second edit window (Windows but not MS-DOS)

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Ctrl + F4

Close second edit windows (Windows but not MS-DOS)

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Ctrl + F8

Resize edit windows

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Alt

Access the top bar options

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Esc

Exit the top bar menu and return to editing

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F1

View Help on the MS-DOS Editor environment

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or
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Esc

Exit Help

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↑  Shift + F1

View Getting Started

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Alt + H

Display the Help menu

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Tab

Move cursor to next Help topic

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↑  Shift + Tab

Move cursor to previous Help topic

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A - Z

Move cursor to next Help topic with starting character

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Alt + F1

View previous Help topic (repeat up to 20 times)

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(on the button) View previous Help topic (repeat up to 20 times)

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Ctrl + F1

View the next topic in the Help file

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + F1

View the previous topic in the Help file

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Ctrl + 2

Ads space to the left (Windows but not MS-DOS)


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Program name: MS-DOS Edit MS-DOS Edit ()

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How easy to press shortcuts: 79%

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Shortcut count: 113

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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