Cut and Paste

Windows programs have functions to move text called cut and paste. They are easy to use and come in handy in many situations.

First you have to identify what text you want to move. To do this: highlight the text by clicking on one end of the section/paragraph/sentence/word/etc and while holding the mouse move to the other end of the text; OR use the command Edit > Select ALL for the complete document. The short cut command is Crtl+A.

If you want to move the text, then enter Edit > Cut (short cut command is Ctrl+X) and move to the new location.

If you want to leave a copy the text and duplicate it else where, then enter Edit > Copy (short cut command is Ctrl+C) and move to the new location.

In the new location, enter Edit > Paste (short cut command Ctrl+V).

The new location can be in another program. For example, you can move text from Word/Wordpad to Excel and you can move columns in Excel to Word/Wordpad.