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Author: gewarren

docs/ide/building-and-cleaning-projects-and-solutions-in-visual-studio.md

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 By using the procedures in this topic, you can build, rebuild, or clean all or some of the projects or project items in a solution. For a step-by-step tutorial, see [Walkthrough: Building an Application](../ide/walkthrough-building-an-application.md).  
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> The UI in your edition of Visual Studio might differ from what this topic describes, depending on your active settings. To change your settings, for example to **General** or **Visual C++** settings, open **Tools**, **Import and Export Settings**, and then choose **Reset all settings**.
+> The UI in your edition of Visual Studio might differ from what this topic describes, depending on your active settings. To change your settings, for example to **General** or **Visual C++** settings, choose **Tools**, **Import and Export Settings**, and then choose **Reset all settings**.
   
 ### To build, rebuild, or clean an entire solution  
 

docs/ide/creating-solutions-and-projects.md

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ While you can construct a project yourself by adding the necessary files to it,
 That being said, solutions and projects are not required to develop apps in Visual Studio. You can also just open code that you have cloned from Git or downloaded elsewhere. For more information, see [Develop code in Visual Studio without projects or solutions](../ide/develop-code-in-visual-studio-without-projects-or-solutions.md).  
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> The descriptions in this topic are based on the Visual Studio Community edition. The dialog boxes and menu commands you see might differ from those described here, depending on your settings or Visual Studio edition. To change your settings, for example to **General** or **Visual C++** settings, open **Tools**, **Import and Export Settings**, and then choose **Reset all settings**.
+> The descriptions in this topic are based on the Visual Studio Community edition. The dialog boxes and menu commands you see might differ from those described here, depending on your settings or Visual Studio edition. To change your settings, for example to **General** or **Visual C++** settings, choose **Tools**, **Import and Export Settings**, and then choose **Reset all settings**.
 
 ## To create a project from a project template
 1. There are multiple ways to create a new project in Visual Studio. On the Start Page, enter the name of a project template in the **Search project templates** box, or choose the **Create new project** link to open the **New Project** dialog box. You can also choose **File**, **New**, **Project...** on the menu, or choose the **New Project** button on the toolbar.

docs/ide/encodings-and-line-breaks.md

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The following characters are interpreted as line breaks in Visual Studio:
 
 Text that is copied from other applications keeps the original encoding and line break characters. For example, when you copy text from Notepad and paste it into a text file in Visual Studio, the text has the same settings that it had in Notepad.  
 
-When you open a file that has different line break characters, you may see a dialog box that asks whether the inconsistent line break characters should be normalized and which type of line breaks to choose.
+When you open a file that has different line break characters, you may see a dialog box that asks whether the inconsistent line break characters should be normalized, and which type of line breaks to choose.
 
 You can use the **File**, **Advanced Save Options** dialog box to determine the type of line break characters you want. You can also change the encoding of a file with the same settings.
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ You can use the **File**, **Advanced Save Options** dialog box to determine the
 > [!NOTE]
 >  If you don't see **Advanced Save Options** on the **File** menu, you can add it. Choose **Tools**, **Customize...**, and then choose the **Commands** tab. In the **Menu bar** drop-down list, choose **File**, then choose the **Add Command...** button. In the **Add Command** dialog box, under **Categories**, choose **File**, and then in the **Commands** list, choose **Advanced Save Options...**. Choose **OK** and then choose the **Move Down** button to move the command to any place in the menu. Choose **Close** to close the **Customize** dialog box. For more information, see [Customize menus and toolbars](../ide/how-to-customize-menus-and-toolbars-in-visual-studio.md#customizing_menu).
 
-Alternatively, you can access the **Advanced Save Options** dialog box by choosing **File**, **Save /<file/> As...**. In the **Save File As** dialog box, choose the drop-down triangle next to the **Save** button and choose **Save with encoding...**.
+Alternatively, you can access the **Advanced Save Options** dialog box by choosing **File**, **Save \<file\> As...**. In the **Save File As** dialog box, choose the drop-down triangle next to the **Save** button and choose **Save with encoding...**.
 
 ## See also
 [Writing code in the editor](../ide/writing-code-in-the-code-and-text-editor.md)

docs/ide/how-to-change-text-case-in-the-editor.md

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 You can use menu commands or keyboard shortcuts to convert the case of selected text to all upper case or to all lower case.  
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> The dialog boxes and menu commands you see might differ from those described in this article, depending on your active settings or edition. To change your settings, for example to **General** or **Visual C++** settings, open **Tools**, **Import and Export Settings**, and then choose **Reset all settings**.
+> The dialog boxes and menu commands you see might differ from those described in this article, depending on your active settings or edition. To change your settings, for example to **General** or **Visual C++** settings, choose **Tools**, **Import and Export Settings**, and then choose **Reset all settings**.
   
 ## To switch text to upper case  
 

docs/ide/how-to-manage-editor-modes.md

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 You can display the Visual Studio code editor in various display modes.  
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> The dialog boxes and menu commands you see might differ from those described in this article depending on your active settings or edition. To change your settings, for example to **General** or **Visual C++** settings, open **Tools**, **Import and Export Settings**, and then choose **Reset all settings**.
+> The dialog boxes and menu commands you see might differ from those described in this article depending on your active settings or edition. To change your settings, for example to **General** or **Visual C++** settings, choose **Tools**, **Import and Export Settings**, and then choose **Reset all settings**.
   
 ## Enabling Full Screen mode  
 You can choose to hide all tool windows and view only document windows by enabling **Full Screen** mode.  

docs/ide/how-to-move-around-in-the-visual-studio-ide.md

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 The integrated development environment (IDE) has been designed to allow you to move from window to window and file to file in several different ways, depending on your preference or project requirements. You can choose to cycle through open files in the editor, or cycle through all active tool windows in the IDE. You also can switch directly to any file open in the editor, regardless of the order in which it was last accessed. These features can help increase your productivity when working in the IDE.  
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> The options available in dialog boxes, and the names and locations of menu commands you see, might differ from what is described in this article, depending on your active settings or edition. This article was written with **General** settings in mind. To change your settings, for example to **General** or **Visual C++** settings, open **Tools**, **Import and Export Settings**, and then choose **Reset all settings**.
+> The options available in dialog boxes, and the names and locations of menu commands you see, might differ from what is described in this article, depending on your active settings or edition. This article was written with **General** settings in mind. To change your settings, for example to **General** or **Visual C++** settings, choose **Tools**, **Import and Export Settings**, and then choose **Reset all settings**.
 
 ## Keyboard Shortcuts  
 Almost every menu command in Visual Studio has a keyboard shortcut. You can also create your own custom shortcuts. For more information, see [Identifying and Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts](../ide/identifying-and-customizing-keyboard-shortcuts-in-visual-studio.md).  

docs/ide/replace-in-files.md

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 **Replace in Files** allows you to search the code of a specified set of files for a string or expression, and change some or all of the matches found. The matches found and actions taken are listed in the **Find Results** window selected in **Result options**.  
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> The dialog boxes and menu commands you see might differ from those described in Help depending on your active settings or edition. To change your settings, for example to **General** or **Visual C++** settings, open **Tools**, **Import and Export Settings**, and then choose **Reset all settings**.
+> The dialog boxes and menu commands you see might differ from those described in Help depending on your active settings or edition. To change your settings, for example to **General** or **Visual C++** settings, choose **Tools**, **Import and Export Settings**, and then choose **Reset all settings**.
   
 You can use any of the following methods to display **Replace in Files** in the **Find and Replace** window.