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# Lesson 2-4 - Using Comments
[!INCLUDE[ssManStudioFull](../../includes/ssmanstudiofull-md.md)] allows you to easily comment out a portion of your script.  
  
## Commenting Out Part of a Script  
  
#### To comment out a portion of your script  
  
1.  Use your mouse to select the text `WHERE LastName = 'Sanchez'`.  
  
2.  On the **Edit** menu, point to **Advanced**, and then click **Comment Selection**. The selected text is commented out with dashes (--).  
  
In addition to using the **Edit** menu, you can comment or uncomment a selected portion of your script by using either of the following methods:  
  
-   Click the buttons on the SQL Editor toolbar.  
  
-   Press CTRL+K and CTRL+C to comment the text, or press CTRL+K, CTRL+U to uncomment the text.  
  
## Next Task in Lesson  
[Other Ways of Viewing the Code Window](../../tools/sql-server-management-studio/lesson-2-5-other-ways-of-viewing-the-code-window.md)