Working with selections > Moving, deleting and copying

All operating systems that Write supports have an extremely useful feature: the clipboard.

The clipboard works as follows: You select something in the document and then cut or copy the selected text to the clipboard. You can then reinsert the selected text elsewhere in the document. The clipboard thus facilitates the deletion, copying and moving of sections of text (as well as objects).

All necessary commands (except Delete) can be found on the ribbon tab Home | group Edit:

Command	Explanation
Delete	If you select a section of text (or object) and press the Del key, the text or object will be deleted without being moved into the clipboard.
Cut	The ribbon command Home \| Cut also deletes the content of a selection – but not permanently. This content is moved instead to the clipboard, where it remains available for subsequent insertion anywhere in the document.
Copy	The ribbon command Home \| Copy copies the content of the selection to the clipboard.
Paste	To paste the content of the clipboard into the text, place the cursor at the desired text position and use the ribbon command Home \| Paste (click directly on the icon). You can also insert the content of the clipboard multiple times in this manner.
Paste special	If you click on the small arrow below the icon rather than directly on it at Home \| Paste, a dropdown menu opens with additional options for pasting the content. For more information, see Paste special.

These commands work in the same manner for objects such as pictures or drawings and also for table contents. For more information, see also Deleting, copying, moving cell contents.

Moving and copying text with the mouse ("drag and drop")

You can select a section of text with the mouse, drag it to another position and drop it there. With this technique, known as drag and drop, you can move or copy text very quickly.

To do so, proceed as follows:

1.	Select the section of text.

2.	Position the mouse cursor on the selection.

3.	Press the left mouse button and hold it down.

4.	With the mouse button held down, drag the selection to the desired position.

5.	When you release the mouse button, the content of the selection is moved to the new position. Tip: When you release the mouse button while pressing the Ctrl key, the text is copied to the new position, rather than moved.