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====Enclose Selection (Alt+Ctrl+E)====
    
Asks for two phrases and then encloses the selection with them. The first one ({{field|Before}}) is placed before the selection, the second one ({{field|After}}) is placed after the selection.

If there is nothing selected while using this tool, then the caret is placed between the two inserted strings.

{{example_start}}Example:
{{example_body}}TED Notepad for Windows is a {{example_select|freeware}} text editor, ...
{{example_end}}

{{example_start}}Result, using {{field|Before}}: {{string|<nowiki>&lt;b&gt;</nowiki>}} and {{field|After}}: {{string|<nowiki>&lt;/b&gt;</nowiki>}}:
{{example_body}}TED Notepad for Windows is a &lt;b&gt;freeware&lt;/b&gt; text editor, ...
{{example_end}}

{{tip}} If you have written an HTML document and you need to make several phrases to be bold, e.g. each occurrence of a specific word, then use {{feature|Find...}} (hotkey {{hotkey|Ctrl+F}}) to select first such word, hit {{feature|Enclose Selection}} (hotkey {{hotkey|Alt+Ctrl+E}}), enter phrases {{field|Before}}: {{string|<nowiki>&lt;b&gt;</nowiki>}} and {{field|After}}: {{string|<nowiki>&lt;/b&gt;</nowiki>}} and hit {{button|Enclose}} button. The selected word will be enclosed with the ''bolding'' tags. Then, use {{feature|Find Next}} (hotkey {{hotkey|F3}}) to select all the other occurrences, one by one. Each time hit {{feature|Last Tool}} (hotkey {{hotkey|Ctrl+L}}), in order to use {{feature|Enclose Selection}} on each of them.

{{tip}} Note that if you need to enclose entire subsequent lines, it is better to select all of them at once and use {{feature|Indent/Quote Selection...}} tool (hotkey {{hotkey|Alt+Ctrl+Q}}) and then {{feature|Close Lines...}} tool (hotkey {{hotkey|Alt+Ctrl+C}}) instead of selecting each one of them separately and performing the {{feature|Enclose Selection}} again and again.

====XML/HTML Tag (Ctrl+Shift+H)====

Asks for a {{field|Tag name}} and for its {{field|Attributes}}. Then encloses the selection with generated XML/HTML tag. If no selection is found, the caret is placed between the two generated strings: the starting tag and the ending tag.

The tag may be {{field|Empty}} which means that only the starting tag is generated with slash at its end according to XML specification (e.g. <nowiki><br /></nowiki>). In this case, if a selection is found, the tag is placed at the end of the selection.

Note: It is usually profitable to turn on the {{field|Persistent selections in Tools}} setting in the {{dialog|Settings dialog}}. See chapter [[Settings dialog]].

{{example_start}}Example:
{{example_body}}There is no place like {{example_select|127.0.0.1}}!
{{example_end}}

{{example_start}}Result, using {{field|Tag name}}: {{string|a}} and {{field|Attributes}}: {{string|1=<nowiki>href="http://127.0.0.1/"</nowiki>}}:
{{example_body}}There is no place like &lt;a href="<nowiki>http://127.0.0.1/</nowiki>"&gt;127.0.0.1&lt;/a&gt;!
{{example_end}}

====Compare... (Alt+Ctrl+M)====

Shows the {{dialog|Compare}} dialog, where two {{defined|strings}} can be inserted and compared, optionally {{defined|ignoring case}}.

If the two compared strings are not equal, the difference is marked by a selection within the first string and a warning is given. Note: If the strings are equal only up to the length of the first one, the caret is placed to the end of the first one. Nothing is selected.

Note: If the selection is not empty, it is auto-inserted to the edit box of the first string. The same font is used within the {{dialog|Compare}} dialog, as is specified for the main window.

====Statistics... (F9)====

Shows the {{dialog|Statistics}} dialog with a lot of calculated info about the document and the selection. Description of some terms used in the {{dialog|Statistics}} dialog can be found in the section [[Appendix]].

Note: The calculated {{field|Crc32}} value is informative only. It may differ from UNICODE to Non-UNICODE versions and from LE to [[RichEdit clone|RE clones]].