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Chapter 4 Common Offi Application Features fice 133
To cut content means to remove it from the document and place it on
the system clipboard. To cut content in Microsoft Office, first fi select what fi
to cut. Then, click
Home Clipboard Cut
in the ribbon or press the
[Ctrl][X]
key combination. The content is removed from the document and placed on
the system clipboard. By cutting and pasting, the content is, in effect, moved
from one location to another.
To move content means to remove it from the source location and
place it in the destination location. Cutting and pasting moves content,
but the mouse can also be used to move content. First, select what is to be
moved. Then, by clicking and holding down the left mouse button, the
content can be dragged to the new location. Releasing the mouse button
causes the content to be dropped into the new location. Therefore, this
operation is called drag-and-drop. The system clipboard is not involved
in this procedure.
Click the button
to paste
Click the drop-down arrow
to display options for pasting
Goodheart-Willcox Publisher
Figure 4-17. The ribbon can be used to paste content or the [Ctrl][V] key combi-
nation can be used.
Hands-On Example 4.3.4
Copying Content Between Documents
It is a common task to copy text from one document to another. An even more common task is to
move text from one point in a document to another location in the same document.
1. Be sure the data fi les for this chapter have been downloaded to the fi
Chap04
folder on your flash fl
drive.
2. Launch Microsoft Word, and open the file fi LastNameBaltimore1 from the
Chap04
folder on your
flash drive, if it is not already open. fl
3. Open the file fi
Baltimore2
from the
Chap04
folder on your flash drive. fl
4. Select all text in the
Baltimore2
document by pressing the
[Ctrl][A]
key combination.
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