Hidden Features of Visual Studio (2005-2008)?

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Published on 2008-09-19T08:10:54Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 20:43 UTC
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VS is such a massively big product that even after years of working with it I sometimes stumble upon a new/better way to do things or things I didn't even know were possible.

For instance-

Crtl-R,Ctrl-W - show white spaces. essential for editing python build scripts.
Under "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Text Editor" Create a String called Guides with the value "RGB(255,0,0), 80" to have a red line at column 80 in the text editor.

What other hidden features have you stumbled upon?

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