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Part 2. Using Word > Task 4 How to Move and Copy Text
Task 4 How to Move and Copy Text
Use Word's Cut, Copy, and Paste functions to move and copy text from one location to another. Word makes it easy to pick up characters, words, sentences, paragraphs, and more and to move or copy them to a new location. You can even move and copy text between files. You can apply a variety of methods to move and copy text. You can use menu commands, shortcut menu commands, toolbar buttons, keyboard shortcuts, and drag-and-drop techniques. Everybody finds their favorite method. To move text, cut it from its position and paste it somewhere else; to copy text, make a copy of the text and paste it elsewhere.
Use the Cut and Copy Buttons
An easy way to cut and copy is to use the toolbar buttons. To move the text, click the Cut button in the Standard toolbar. The text is deleted from your document, but it remains in a special Windows storage area called the Clipboard. To copy the text, click the Copy button in the Standard toolbar. When you copy text, nothing appears to happen because the text remains in its original location, but a copy of the selected text is sent to the Clipboard.
Use the Drag and Drop Method
Another easy method to move or copy text is to drag and drop it. To move text, click the selected text, hold down the mouse button, and drag the mouse to where you want to paste the text. Release the mouse button to drop, or paste, the cut text. To copy instead of cut, hold down the Ctrl key while dragging.
