

We have now lined up the text using the pipe ( |) character to make it look like a table with columns:Ĥ. Select the text ( CTRL+A) and click TextFX → TextFX Edit → Line up multiple lines by (Clipboard Character):ģ. Select the pipe ( |) character that separates the “columns” and copy it to the clipboard:Ģ. Step 1: Line Up Columns using the TextFX Pluginġ. We want to reorganize the columns, then sort the data alphabetically. We have created the table by separating columns with the pipe ( |) character.

In this example, we want to clean up a “table”. But what if your text is not formatted as columns already? You can quickly fix that by using the TextFX plugin. This works perfectly on text that is already aligned. You can use either Alt+Mouse Dragging or Alt+Shift+Arrows. Spoiler alert! Column editing is super simple in Notepad++ 🤓 All you have to do is press the Alt key while selecting text.
