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Cut, Copy, and Paste Text

The Cut, Copy, and Paste commands operate the same way throughout Windows® applications.

  • The Cut command will REMOVE the selected information and place that information on the clipboard. The clipboard is a storage place that will temporarily hold your information. This information may then be moved (pasted in) to another location.
  • The Copy command will DUPLICATE the selected information and place that duplicated information on the clipboard.
  • The Paste command will insert information that has been either copied or cut to the clipboard and INSERT it from the clipboard to the new location.

To cut text:

  1. Select the text that you want to remove.
  2. Go to the Home Tab.
     
  3. See the Clipboard Group.
  4. Choose Cut.

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To watch a tutorial video on how to do this, click Play on the video below.

To copy text:

  1. Select the text that you want to duplicate.
  2. Go to the Home Tab.
     
  3. See the Clipboard Group.
  4. Choose Copy.

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To watch a tutorial video on how to do this, click Play on the video below.

 

 

To paste text:

  1. Copy or cut selected information (see above). This information is now placed on the clipboard.
  2. Place the cursor at the location where you want to insert the information that you copied or cut.
  3. Go to the Home Tab.
     
  4. See the Clipboard Group.
  5. Choose Paste.

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To watch a tutorial video on how to do this, click Play on the video below.

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You can also use Keyboard Shortcuts to perform these same tasks:

  • To Copy, highlight the text that you want to duplicate, then hold down the CTRL key and the C key.
  • To Cut, use CTRL + X
  • To Paste, place your cursor where you want to insert the copied or cut text, then use CTRL + V