Block selecting text or selecting multiple text at once

Question

Does Visual Studio (any version) offer the ability to select text in either a block or select several snippets at once, to either change or delete? To be clear I'm referring to the actual text-editor interface.

Answer 1

you can certainly do block selection by hold down the Alt key while doing a selection

Answer 2

Go to opening or closing brace and press Ctrl+Shift+].