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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 gray box.
   

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