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Deleting T ext
When you cut a selection, it is
placed on the clipboard. Y ou can
paste the selection from the
clipboard to another location as
long as you have not cut or
copied another item to the
clipboard.
Cutting, Copying, Pasting, and Replacing T ext
When you copy or cut a selection
to the clipboard, it replaces
whatever is currently on the
clipboard.
When you move a selection, you
remove or cut it from its original
location and paste it into another
location.
" To delete text with the mouse:
1. Select the text you want to delete.
2. Press
BACKSPACE
OR
Press
or choose Cut from the Edit menu.
CUT
" To delete text by using the keyboard:
As long as no text is selected, you can use the following keystrokes to
delete text:
S
BACKSPACE.
S
CODE + BACKSPACE.
of word.
S
CODE + DELETE.
S
SHIFT + CODE + BACKSPACE.
beginning of line.
S
SHIFT + CODE + DELETE.
line.
You can move text around within your document, as if you were cutting
and pasting with scissors and glue.
When you select text, you can cut it to move it elsewhere, or copy it to
paste a replica of it in another place. The selection you copy or cut is
placed on the clipboard, an electronic holding space. When you choose
Paste from the Edit menu, the contents of the clipboard are pasted into
the document at the insertion point.
" To move a selection:
1. Select the item or text you want to move.
2. Choose Cut from the Edit menu or press
yourdocument and placed on the clipboard, replacing any item already
there.
3. Move the insertion point to the location where you want the item to
appear.
4. Choose Paste from the Edit menu or press
clipboard are inserted into the document, and the pasted text appears at
the insertion point.
or
.
DELETE
Deletes the character to the left.
Deletes from insertion point to beginning
Deletes from insertion point to end of word.
Deletes from insertion point to
Deletes from insertion point to end of
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. The item is removed from
CUT
. The contents of the
PASTE
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