>In foxpro I can highlight a block of code and comment it out with a right click.
>
>How can I do the same in Visual Studio.

I see John gave you that one. If you have a week or so to spare memorize these:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/da5kh0wa.aspx

Some odd ones in there. I've never had occasion to use CTRL+SHIFT+T for example....