Using Drag-and-Drop Editing

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Drag-and-drop editing is the easiest way to move or copy a selection of text within a file, between files, or between applications. The text you drop remains selected, which makes it easy to copy a chunk of text into several places.

What do you want to do?

Move text

Copy text

To move text using drag-and-drop editing

1. Select the text you want to move.
   
   
2. Drag the selected text to the new location.

   Note   You can also use the right mouse button for drag-and-drop editing. Select the text you want, and then use the right mouse button to drag the text to a new location. A shortcut menu appears, asking if you want to move or copy the selected text.

   Tip   At any time during a drag-and-drop procedure, you can click the other mouse button to cancel the operation.

To copy text using drag-and-drop editing

1. Select the text you want to copy.
   
   
2. While holding down the CTRL key, drag the selected text to the new location.