Dragging and dropping text within a document
by Jim Calloway, Director Oklahoma Bar Association Management Assistance Program
If you want to move a paragraph (or any block of text) to another location within a document, you can first select it and then cut it out (either Control + X or right click - cut.) Then you move the cursor to the new location and paste it there (either Control + V or right click - Paste.) But with practice there's an even faster way. After selecting the text, just "drag and drop it" to the new location. Click on the selected text block and hold down the mouse button while moving to the new location. When your cursor is in the right place, release the mouse button and the text is moved there.
Undo
If the first time you try dragging and dropping text it doesn't work perfectly, don't forget the little blue undo arrow icon in your toolbar to reverse a mistake. I cannot tell you how many times that one has saved me.
Avoiding the "ransom note" effect when copying and pasting
Sometimes when you assemble a document by pasting in various parts of other documents you may end up with a document with many different fonts and font sizes, resembling a ransom note assembled from cut-up newspapers. When you try to copy text from the web to a document, you may end up with lots of blue text and underlining that you may not want.
You can use the paste special feature to avoid this. Copy the text to the clipboard and indicate with the cursor where you want it to go in the document. Then click on Edit, located on the top menu bar between File and View in both Word and WordPerfect. Select Paste Special, then unformatted text. The text is pasted in the document without colors, underlining or a different font.
Paste special with a mouse click - You can also use the right mouse button to do the same thing noted above. Follow the steps above and then right click and select Paste without Font / Attribute.
When keystrokes are mentioned with a plus sign (e.g. Alt + Tab) it means that both keys should be pressed simultaneously.
When actions are separated by a dash (e.g. Click File - Print ) it means that they should be done in sequence.
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