Windows provides four messages for moving text between an edit control and the clipboard. The WM_COPY message copies the current selection, if any, from an edit control to the clipboard without deleting it from the edit control. The WM_CUT message deletes the current selection, if any, in the edit control and copies the deleted text to the clipboard. The WM_CLEAR message deletes the current selection, if any, from an edit control, but does not copy it to the clipboard unless the user pressed the SHIFT key. The WM_PASTE message copies text from the clipboard into an edit control at the insertion point. These four messages apply to both single-line and multiline edit controls.