How to cut and paste text in MS Word

Word processors come into their own with Cut, Copy and Paste, and those three operations are the primary reason why the typewriter is now practically a museum piece.

we'll go through three techniques to Cut and Paste.

Technique 1 - Cutting and Pasting with the Menu bar

• Highlight the text you want to cut and paste.

• From the menu bar, click Edit > Cut

• Move your cursor to the place where you want to paste your text

• From the menu bar, click Edit > Paste

• Your text is pasted to the new position:

 

 

Technique 2 - Right Click

For this technique, we'll Cut and Paste Constable Tucker to the top. So do the following:

 

 

1. Highlight the text you want to Cut and Paste


2. Click on the highlighted text with the right mouse button


3. From the pop up menu, click “Cut” (Click with the left mouse button)


4. Your highlighted text is cut


5. Move your cursor to the place where you want to paste the text


6. Click the new place with your right mouse button


7. From the popup menu, click “Paste” (Click with your left mouse button)


8. The text is pasted to the new position

Technique 3 - Keyboard

 

 

1. Highlight the text you want to Cut and Paste


2. Hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard


3. Press the letter “X” on your keyboard


4. The text is cut


5. Move the cursor to the place where you want to paste your text


6. Hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard


7. Press the letter “V” on your keyboard


8. The text is pasted to the new position