Select Until Next Word is broken? Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow

I don't use Dreamweaver all that often, and this is one reason why. But it's finally gotten on my nerves long enough that I thought I would ask about it. What can I do to fix Dreamweaver so that "Select Until Next Word" works as it should—the way it works in EVERY other program on the PLANET???!! (Windows environment).
Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow, and the other arrow keys work correctly in Design View, but NONE of them work at all in Code View. When I'm developing software, web pages—whatever—Code View is where I spend at least 90% of my time.
So have you long time Dreamweaverers found a workaround? A fix? If so, please share! If not, Adobe, SHAME on you for breaking a convention so common that it's only noticed when it's broken!

Wow! The first place I looked was in Preferences and then in Keyboard Shortcuts. I missed that "Code Editing" dropdown. That's fantastic. Thank you!
Now I've got Ctrl+Left, Ctrl+Right, Ctrl+Shift+Left and Ctrl+Shift+Right working the way they should. However, there doesn't seem to be a built-in command for selecting the previous and next paragraphs—or block-level element, I suppose in the case of the Code Editor. Again Ctrl+Shift+Up (select previous paragraph) and Ctrl+Shift+Down (select next paragraph) are fairly standard in any application I can think of. These commands are so standard that I really only notice when they're NOT present (which is really only in Adobe Dreamweaver).
Any idea how I might implement a workaround for those?

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