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Moving and Copying Text in Documents

  1. Select the text that you want to move or copy.

  2. Do one of the following:

To move the selected text, drag the text to a different location in the document and release. While you drag, the mouse pointer changes to include a grey box.

Mouse cursor moving data
To copy the selected text, hold down Ctrl while you drag. The mouse pointer changes to include a plus sign (+).

Mouse cursor copying data