When you move text to a new location using drag and drop that text is added to the clipboard True or false?

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Learning Objectives

• Reorganize text within a paragraph.

To select text, click and drag your cursor across the text.

The text that is highlighted in gray is selected text. Selected text can be copied, cut, or pasted. Many features and settings in Microsoft Office are applied only to text that is selected.

Moving Text

Like files and folders, there are many ways to move text once it is selected:

• Cut using Ctrl+X, move your cursor to the new location of text, then paste to the new location with Ctrl+V
• Copy using Ctrl+C, move your cursor to the new location of text, then paste to the new location with Ctrl+V
• Right-click selected text, select either Copy or Cut, then right-click the new location of text and select Paste

You can move text between pages, between paragraphs, or even between programs or windows. For example, you can cut text you typed in a Word document and paste it into an email, or you can copy text from the internet and paste it into a PowerPoint presentation.

In many programs, you can also drag text to a new location within the same program. For example, in Microsoft Word, you can select text, then click and drag it to a new location within the Word document.

Review

Use Cut, Copy, and Paste to move or copy cell contents. Or copy specific contents or attributes from the cells. For example, copy the resulting value of a formula without copying the formula, or copy only the formula.

When you move or copy a cell, Excel moves or copies the cell, including formulas and their resulting values, cell formats, and comments.

You can move cells in Excel by drag and dropping or using the Cut and Paste commands.

Move cells by drag and dropping

1. Select the cells or range of cells that you want to move or copy.

2. Point to the border of the selection.

3. When the pointer becomes a move pointer

   
   , drag the cell or range of cells to another location.

Move cells by using Cut and Paste

1. Select a cell or a cell range.

2. Select Home > Cut

   
   or press Ctrl + X.

3. Select a cell where you want to move the data.

4. Select Home > Paste

   
   or press Ctrl + V.

Copy cells by using Copy and Paste

1. Select the cell or range of cells.

2. Select Copy or press Ctrl + C.

3. Select Paste or press Ctrl + V.

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