Edit Menu

The Edit menu provides items that allow you to perform various editing and selection operations on text and typesetting.

(MenuGrayLink[Undo, paclet:ref/menuitem/Undo]) — reverse the most recent action

(MenuGrayLink[Redo, paclet:ref/menuitem/Redo]) — redo the last action that was undone

(MenuGrayLink[Cut, paclet:ref/menuitem/Cut]) — delete the selection and copy it to the clipboard

(MenuGrayLink[Copy, paclet:ref/menuitem/Copy]) — copy the selection to the clipboard without deleting it

(MenuGrayLink[Paste, paclet:ref/menuitem/Paste]) — insert the contents of the clipboard

(MenuGrayLink[Clear, paclet:ref/menuitem/Clear]) — delete the selection without copying it to the clipboard

(MenuGrayLink[Copy As, paclet:ref/menuitem/CopyAs]) — copy the selection in many possible formats

(MenuGrayLink[Extend Selection, paclet:ref/menuitem/ExtendSelection]) — highlight the smallest subexpression containing the selection

(MenuGrayLink[Select All, paclet:ref/menuitem/SelectAll]) — select all cells in a notebook

(MenuGrayLink[Check Balance, paclet:ref/menuitem/CheckBalance]) — expand the selection to the nearest balanced bracketing characters

(MenuGrayLink[Complete Selection, paclet:ref/menuitem/CompleteSelection]) — complete a partially typed function name

(MenuGrayLink[Make Template, paclet:ref/menuitem/MakeTemplate]) — insert a function template for the selected function

(MenuGrayLink[Check Spelling..., paclet:ref/menuitem/CheckSpelling]) — search for and fix misspelled words

(MenuGrayLink[Find..., paclet:ref/menuitem/Find]) — find text in the current notebook

(MenuGrayLink[Enter Selection, paclet:ref/menuitem/EnterSelection]) — enter the selection as the search text (Use Selection for Find on Macintosh)

(MenuGrayLink[Find Next, paclet:ref/menuitem/FindNext]) — find next instance of search text

(MenuGrayLink[Find Previous, paclet:ref/menuitem/FindPrevious]) — find previous instance of search text

(MenuGrayLink[Preferences..., paclet:ref/menuitem/Preferences]) — set preferences for syntax coloring, system settings, etc.