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Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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lugnet.people
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Date:
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Tue, 7 Jan 2003 21:20:43 GMT
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Gregory Cook wrote:
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> In lugnet.people, Richard Noeckel writes:
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> > P.S. it took a real-long time to scroll down and delete the WhOlE list!
> > Is there an easier way??? I wanted to press ‘Select All + Delete’ but
> > was unable. :(
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> If you don't want to delete all the quoted message, but just the list (or
> any other time you're trying to delete stuff en masse), just put the cursor
> at the start of the first line-to-be-deleted, hold down shift, and tap (or
> hold) page down till as much as you want is highlighted, then hit delete
> (don't press page up or page down or the arrow keys after you let go of
> shift, though, or your highlighting effort will be wasted).
Even a little faster:
Click just before the first character you want to delete.
Use the mouse to scroll down to the end of the message.
Hold the shift key, and click just after the stuff you want to delete.
Hit the delete or back arrow keys.
Frank
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| Frank Filz wrote in message <3E1B44AB.D80811B3@m...ng.com>... (...) Even faster, if you know you want to highlight right to the end of the message: position the cursor where you want to start highlighting Hold down Ctrl and Shift and press End. (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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| (...) If you don't want to delete all the quoted message, but just the list (or any other time you're trying to delete stuff en masse), just put the cursor at the start of the first line-to-be-deleted, hold down shift, and tap (or hold) page down (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.people)
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