Copy, Cut, & Paste

The Copy, Cut, and Paste commands enable you to duplicate or move document contents. Text that is copied or cut is placed on the Clipboard, where it can be viewed if desired and pasted into a document.

✓ Tip

  • Almost all Mac OS-compatible applications include the Copy, Cut, and Paste commands on the Edit menu. These commands work very much the same in all applications.

To copy text

1.
Select the text that you want to copy (Figure 43).
Figure 43. Select the text you want to copy or cut.

2.
Choose Edit > Copy (Figure 44), or press .
Figure 44. The Copy, Cut, and Paste commands are all on the Edit menu.

The text is copied ...

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