Editing Text - Alcatel Authority User Manual

Editing Text

You can select, copy or cut the text you've entered, then paste it in another text fi eld within the user interface.
NOTE
Some applications may offer different text editing methods.
Selecting text
1. Tap the text fi eld.
2. Move the cursor to the beginning or end of the desired text by tapping in the location you want the cursor.
3. Tap and hold the text fi eld.
4. Tap Select word in the pop up menu.
• Or tap Select all to select all the text in the text fi eld.
5. Drag your fi nger to move the text cursor to a letter within the text that you want to select. The selected text is highlighted in
orange.
Cutting and copying the text
1. Select the text to cut or copy it.
2. Tap and hold the selected text.
3. Tap Cut or Copy in the menu that opens.
• If you tap Cut, the selected text is removed from the text fi eld. In this case, the text is saved to the clipboard, so that you can
paste it into another text fi eld.
NOTE
Be sure to only cut one section of text at a time, as the clipboard only saves a single text string.
Pasting the text
1. Cut or copy the text to paste.
2. Tap the text fi eld where you want to paste the text and move the cursor to your desired location.
• You can paste text that you copied from one application into the text fi eld in any other application.
3. Tap and hold then select
• The text is inserted after the cursor. The text also remains in the clipboard, so you can paste that same text into another
location.
Paste in the pop up menu.
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