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Cut, copy, and paste information
You can copy any selectable text, and you can cut any selectable text that
you entered, for example, in a memo or an email. This includes text you can
select by dragging the cursor and paragraphs you can select by tapping
them (see
Text selection
gestures).
1
Select the text you want to cut or copy (see
2
Open the
application menu
and tap
3
Open the app and insert the cursor where you want to paste the text
(see
Text selection
gestures).
4
Open the
application menu
and tap
TIP
You can also use keyboard shortcuts to cut, copy, and paste. After selecting
the text or inserting the cursor, press and hold the gesture area until a light appears
under the surface of the gesture area, and press
(copy/select all, in apps that support this feature). Pressing and holding the gesture
area is sometimes call a "meta-tap. "
Use the Select All and Copy All features
Some applications offer a Select All menu item. For example, in Messaging,
you can start or open a conversation, open the
Edit
>
Select
All. This saves the entire conversation as plain text, which you
can copy and then paste in a memo, email message, and so on.
In Memos, you can open a memo and use the Select All feature to highlight
the full memo text, which you can cut or copy.
Some apps offer a Copy All menu item in addition to Select All. These
features perform different text selection tasks.
•
Email: In an open email message, use Copy All to copy the entire message
(including header info such as sender, recipient, and subject), or use Select
All to select just the message body text (see
Text selection
gestures).
Edit
>
Cut
or Copy.
Edit
> Paste.
X
(cut),
C
(copy),
V
(paste), or
A
application
menu, and tap
Copy
messages).
•
Contacts: On the contact details screen, use Copy All to copy the contents
of the contact entry as plain text; or, on the contact edit screen, insert the
cursor in a field and use Select All to highlight the contents of that field.
Save information
•
On most screens, your information is saved automatically. Just make the
back gesture to close the screen (see
gesture)), and your info is saved at the same time.
•
Your info is also saved if you minimize an app screen to a card and throw
the card off the top of the screen to close the app.
•
On screens with a Done button, tap
Use the menus
Most applications have an application menu hidden in the upper-left corner,
which provides access to additional features. There is also a connection
menu hidden in the upper-right corner, which provides access to wireless
services.
Some applications have additional menus. For example, in Photos, tap an
open picture and tap
to display a menu of tasks you can do with the
picture (see Photos).
To get the most out of your phone, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself
with the additional features available through the menus in various
applications.
Open the application menu
The application menu contains items for the application you are working in,
such as Cut and Copy, Preferences, Help, and other application-specific
commands.
Go up one level in an app (back
Done
to save your information.
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