SAS Keyboard Shortcuts

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Here are the few shortcuts you need to know to speed up the code writing. These work in both EPG (Enterprise Guide) and SAS Enhanced Editor.
Shortcuts and their descriptions:
Remember that the keyboard shortcuts listed here are default.

Selection Operations:1) Comment the section with line comments (/): press CTL + /
2) Undo the comment: press CTL + SHIFT + /
3) Convert selected text to lowercase: press CTL + SHIFT + L
4) Convert selected text to uppercase: press CTL + SHIFT + U
Shortcuts (pre-defined) CTRL+Shift+L or +U (only for the enhanced editor), which convert all selected text into lowercase or uppercase respectively. These become very handy  when we insert the text by copy+paste.

5) Indent selected section: press TAB
6) Un-indent selected section: press SHIFT + TAB
7) To move curser to the matching DO/END statement: press
     ALT + [ or
     ALT + { or  
     ALT+] or
     ALT + }

 Miscellaneous:1) To see the desktop: press (Window’s Key + M) or (Window’s Key + D)

Navigate around Text:

1) Move to beginning of line: Press Home
2) Move to top: Press CTRL+Home
3) Move to end: Press CTRL+End

Mark (Highlight) the Text:

1) Mark to beginning of line: Press SHIFT+Home
2) Mark to end of line: Press SHIFT+End
3) Mark to top: Press SHIFT+CTRL+Home
4) Mark to end: Press SHIFT+CTRL+End

Window Control:

1) To cascade the windows: Press SHIFT+F5
2) To Tile the windows: Press SHIFT+F4
3) To go to the next window: Press CTRL+F6
4) To close the active window: Press CTRL+F4
5) To exit the SAS system: Press ALT+F4


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