Ah, I see how you work it. So our selection is the actual space (hence the highlighted area).
While the behaviour is “as expected” – Multiple Select – of the spaces between words. Would it not be more intuitive to incorporate a Multiple Edit instead. The behaviour feels easier to work with as experienced with Sublime or Notepad++.
See how the multi-edit works here: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/multi-editing.html
Thanks for the help Stefan though – appreciate the quick assistance.