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UltraEdit Features:

This page lists some of the features of UltraEdit. These features have been separated by category for your reading convenience. Please click on the category you wish to read about below:

Key Features
Programmer's Features
Database Handling Features
File/File Management Features
Printing Features
Editing Features
Search Features
Project/Workspace Features
Display Features
Formatting Features
Column/Block Editing Features
Macro Features
Advanced/User-Configurable Features
Window Management Features
Help Features
Additional Features

Key Features:

UNICODE support
Disk based text editing - up to 2GB file size, minimum RAM used even for multi-megabyte files
100,000 word spell checker, with foreign languages support (American English, British English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish)
Syntax highlighting - configurable, pre-configured for C/C++, VB, HTML, Java, and Perl, with special options for FORTRAN and LaTex. Multiple wordfiles available for download
FTP client built in to give access to FTP servers with multiple account settings and automatic logon and save. (32-Bit Only)
Project/Workspace support
Configurable keyboard mapping (32-Bit only)
Column/block mode editing
Hexadecimal Editor - allows editing of any binary file, shows binary and ASCII view
Named Templates
Multi-byte Support with Integrated IME Support

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Programmer's Features:

Syntax highlighting (user configurable)
     Pre-configured for C/C++, VB, HTML, Java, and Perl
     Special options for FORTRAN and LaTex
     Multiple wordfiles available for download
     Support for ASP
     Allows different background colors
     Support to highlight words beginning with a specified sub-string
     Color sections may now be named
     Font styles available
Auto-Correction of Keywords
Auto-completion -
     When invoked all the keywords from the Syntax Highlighting will be available in the list (if the file uses Syntax Highlighting)
     A user specified file may be used to provide the strings for Auto-Completion
     UltraEdit will search back 50K in the file for words that match a partially typed word and show these
FTP client built in to give access to FTP servers with multiple account settings and automatic logon and save. (32-Bit Only)
Regular expression searches
Match braces
Hexadecimal Editor - allows editing of any binary file, shows binary and ASCII view
Project/workspace support - allows user to group files and define multiple workspace configurations
ASCII table - allows viewing and insertion of ASCII characters
Comprehensive macro support, including saving and loading, multiple macros with hot keys
Configurable tool support (Run compiler, etc.)
Non-modal function list shows functions in active file

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Database Handling Features:

Disk based text editing - up to 2GB file size, minimum RAM used even for multi-megabyte files
Insert string at every increment (ideal for formatting DB records and inserting hard returns)
Column/block editing - allows insertion/removal of columns of data
Insert/fill columns
Insert line numbers
Sum columns/selection

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File / File Management Features:

File Tree View (32-Bit Version) - Includes:
     List of files on drive (open selected files, file properties)
     List of Open files (close/save/tile/print selected files)
     List of Project files (open selected files)
Open multiple files at once from the file open dialog and command line
Close, Close All files
FTP client built in to give access to FTP servers with multiple account settings and automatic logon and save. (32-Bit Only)
     FTP Open
     FTP Save As
     FTP allows multiple selection of files
     FTP supports filenames with spaces
     Setting for ASCII / BINARY / PASSIVE transfers
     Specifc support for VAX / VMS / AIX servers
File Revert to Saved
Save, Save As, Save All, Save Selection As file
ASCII file compare
     Saving and or printing of output
File Sort with ascending, descending, remove duplicate, ignore case - (works on selected region or complete file)
UNIX/MAC file conversions (to/from DOS), EBCDIC file conversions (to/from ASCII), OEM conversions (to/from ANSI)
Auto detect UNIX, MAC and Binary/Hex files when loaded
Insert file into an existing document at cursor position
Reload changed files without files becoming active
Option to automatically reload changed files
Delete Active file
Insert string at every increment
Favorite Files list stores up to 50 user files
Recent Files submenu stores up to 16 files
Recent Projects/Workspace submenu stores up to 8 different projects/workspaces
Send Mail - sends the active file as a MAIL attatchment - (selected programs only)
Lists 16 most recently used files
INI option for default file type for new files (DOS, UNIX, MAC)

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Printing Features:

Printing preview
Printing line numbers
Headers/footers (with alignment commands), margins and page breaks
Printing of syntax highlighting in color
Print 2 pages on 1 sheet in Landscape or Portrait modes
Font Selection for display and printer. (Supports all fonts installed including True Type fonts)
Print All Open Files

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Editing Features:

Multi-level undo and redo
Cut, copy and paste support
Insert/overstike mode with cursor and status bar indication
Select All, Select Line, Select Word, Delete, Delete Line
Delete to End of Line or Start of Line from cursor position
Insert date and time
HEX editing with:
     HEX Cut, Copy and Paste support
     HEX Insert and Delete of characters
     HEX Find, Replace and Replace All
     HEX Mode Ruler shows offset
100,000 word spell checker, with foreign language support (American English, British English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish)
Read Only default option and edit menu item
Drag and Drop editing
Word wrap support
Automatic word wrap at specified column with hard return
Auto-Indentation
Line Length up to 9k allowed
Home Key positions at first non-space, then first character
Triple Click selects a line

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Search Features:

Find, Find Next, Find Previous, Replace and Replace All
Find also allows selection of text between caret and find target when shift key is pressed
List Lines Containing String opens non-modal Find dialog
Count number of occurrences of string
Find in files including support for all open files, or project files
Replace in files
Regular expression support with tagged expressions for find/replace
HEX Find, Replace and Replace All
Replace in all open files
Find matching braces
Goto line number or page
Bookmarks
     Bookmarks saved (optionally)
     Go to previous bookmark
     Clear all bookmarks
     Bookmarks now saved (optionally)
Word count (includes line count)
Dockable "Function List" shows all the functions in a file in a list box
Regular Expression support for 0 or more occurences using ++
Option for Unix style Regular Expressions
Option (default) to automatically find selected text with find Next/Prev
Option (default) for find dialog to use word under cursor
Configurable '^' character for find/replace (via INI setting)

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Project / Workspace Features:

Open multiple files as a single project/workspace
Add files, Add All Open files to project
Delete files from project
Recent project list showing up to eight of the last projects opened
Automatic detection of UltraEdit project file when loaded or dropped onto UltraEdit
Project/Favorites Add Files dialog allows multiple file selection

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Display Features:

Configurable toolbar
View/hide toolbar and/or status bar
TABS to select between open files (Optional) (32-bit only)
Multiple files open and displayed at the same time
View/hide output window
File Tree View (32-Bit Version) - Includes:
     List of files on drive (open selected files, file properties)
     List of Open files (close/save/tile/print selected files)
     List of Project files (open selected files)
Set display and/or printer fonts independently, or use display font for printing, reset default fonts
Separate font for hex/column mode
Color selection for background, normal/selected text, bookmarks, line/column numbers
Show spaces, tabs and new lines
Column markers to display vertical line at specified columns
Optional fixed non-scrollable area (columns left of the first column marker)
Ruler for column numbers
Viewing with line numbers on left side of window
ASCII Table - with ability to insert directly from table
Status bar line & column number display
Pop-up menus with right mouse button
Dockable "Tag List" allows definition of a set of "TAGS" that can automatically be inserted into a file. Designed in part for HTML it allows text to be selected for automatic insertion of tags around the selected text
Status bar displays number of bytes selected
Color selection for active line (line with cursor)
Color selection ruler lines and column markers
Dockable "Function List" shows all the functions in a file in a list box
Macro List for quick access (dockable) - (32-bit version)
Option to minimize UltraEdit to system tray

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Formatting Features:

Reformat paragraph
Convert CR/LF's to word wrap (removes CR/LF's from file)
Convert Word Wrap to CR/LF's allowing word wrap to be written to file with hard returns
Conversion of TABS to SPACES
Conversion of SPACES to TABS for all tabs, or just leading tabs in a line
Trim trailing spaces
Line space support for Single, 1 1/2 and double spacing
Line space support for Single, 1 1/2 and double spacing
Convert ANSI to OEM, OEM to ANSI
Text conversion to lower or upper case, invert case and capitalization
Automatic line indentation (add, remove)
Insert page break
Tab and word wrap settings based on file extension (optionally)

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Column / Block Editing Features:

Insert/fill columns
Delete/cut columns
Insert sequential numbers
Sum columns/selection

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Macro Features:

Comprehensive macro support, including saving and loading multiple macros with hot keys
Macro Load and SaveAs support special characters for dynamically setting up file to load or save within macro
Load and append macros to existing macros in memory
Save All macros
Autoload (and optionally run) macro when UltraEdit starts
Edit macro
Delete macros, or modify hot key assignments
Easy record of macro
Play again/play any macro multiple times
Option for automatic warning on exit if edited macro is unsaved
Macros may be renamed
Macro support for IfFound and IfNotFound to check if a string was found and conditionally execute macro commands
Macro support for column mode functions
Macro support for running tools
Macro support for column mode functions
Macro support for running tools

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Advanced / User-Configurable Features:

Named template support (display/modify/insert up to 20 User Templates)
Run DOS command
Run Windows program
Tools configuration, up to 10 user tools
Default save directory and backup directory may be specified
Timed backup/Auto Save
Tab settings
Automatic backup file generated (several options availble)
Auto save files as input format option to allow automatic detection, editing and saving of UNIX or MAC files
Option to minimize UltraEdit on close of last open file
Configuration for number of HEX bytes per line in HEX mode
Word wrap option for wrap at absolute column number for viewing data files - (optioanlly based on file extensions)
Many more options available for user to set personal preferences

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Window Management Features:

Duplicate window of the same file
Splitter windows
Tile windows horizontally/vertically
Previous/next window
Close all files
Show output window / output window resizeable while docked
View file in default browser
Cascade windows
Arrange icons
File tabs may be resized to show multiple rows while docked
Output window resizeable while docked

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Help Features:

UltraEdit help index
Using help
Add help files
Version information

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Additional Features:

Default browser button/menu item to show current file in the default WWW browser
INI file selection using command line - great for multiple configurations
Command line option for line and column positioning
DDE support with full command line options
Context sensitive help
IntelliMouse scrolling support
Drag and drop support from the file manager
UltraEdit retains its screen position each time it is used
And lots more...

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