Customizing the Text Editor

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You can set the Text editor’s behavior to suit your preferences and work habits in several areas, including how you like to save your files; tabs and indents; and font style, size, and color.

You can customize the Edit toolbar, or place Text editor commands on any menu or toolbar. For more information, see Overview: Customizing Visual C++.

What do you want to do?

Set save preferences

Set the selection margin

Set tabs and indents

Set font style, size, and color