My New iPhone

Copying Text from a Web Page

Copying text from a web page involves three steps. First, you need to find a web page that contains text. (You can't copy graphics.) Second, you need to select and copy a chunk of text. Third, you need to paste that text into another app, such as Notes or Mail.

To copy text, do this:

1. From the Home screen, tap Safari. The Safari screen appears.

2. Navigate to a web page that contains text that you want to copy.

3. Press and hold your fingertip over the text you want to copy. Your iPhone highlights the entire paragraph, as shown in Figure 30-1. (You may need to wait until a web page completely loads before you can select text.)

   Figure 30-1. Holding your fingertip over text selects that chunk of text.

4. (Optional) Drag one of the handles ...