Select subset of characters in many lines (column selection) in Eclipse/Android Studio

Question

How to select subset of characters in many lines (column selection) in Eclipse/Android Studio? Ideally without plugins. Shift+Alt+A seems not to be working for me either.

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Answer 1

Lots of previous answers, but this might be easier or more straightforward as compared to memorizing key shortcuts.

Just Right-click while the cursor is inside a file/class, then select/deselect 'column selection mode' from the list of options that appears (usually the fifth option on the list)

Answer 2

the short cut key to select more column character: shift+up or down arrow (define more line) then shift +left or right arrow for select text