We already talked about cutting, copying, and pasting text in Section One, but let’s just go through a quick refresher.

Cut text when you want to move it from one location to another, or when you want to remove text that you may need later. To cut text, select the text first. Then, click the Cut button () on the standard toolbar. (You can also click the Edit menu and click Cut, right-click on the text and click Cut, or use the Ctrl + X shortcut.)

Use the Copy command when you want to copy text from one location to another. First, select the text you want to copy. Then, click the Copy button () on the standard toolbar. (You can also click the Edit menu and click Copy, right-click on the text and click Copy, or use the Ctrl + C shortcut.) It won’t look like anything has happened, but your text has been copied to the clipboard.

Once you’ve cut or copied your text, you can paste it anywhere you want. Just click in the spot you want the text to appear, and click the Paste button () on the standard toolbar. (You can also right-click in the spot and click Paste, use the Ctrl + V shortcut, or click the Edit menu and click Paste.) Don’t forget that paste will only insert the last item that was cut or copied.

Once you have pasted text, you will see the paste icon () at the end of the text. If you click on it, you will get some options, like in the sample below:

You can see that the last three lines of text have a very different font from the first three lines. When we click on the Paste icon, we have four options:

Just click the option you want for it to be applied! Don’t forget that you can cut, copy, and paste between Word documents.