{"id":763,"date":"2017-06-13T17:28:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T17:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=763"},"modified":"2017-08-04T17:59:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T17:59:20","slug":"selecting-and-moving-text","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-wm-compapp\/chapter\/selecting-and-moving-text\/","title":{"raw":"Selecting and Moving Text","rendered":"Selecting and Moving Text"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Reorganize text within a paragraph.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nTo select text, click and drag your cursor across the text.\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/13164947\/selectingtext-1.png\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-764 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/13164947\/selectingtext-1.png\" alt=\"A small portion of text. A green arrow is pointing at the text indicating where to select it to make it highlighted.\" width=\"417\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/13165023\/selectingtext-2.png\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-765 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/13165023\/selectingtext-2.png\" alt=\"A small portion of text. It has been dragged over by the cursor showing that it has been highlighted.\" width=\"417\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nThe 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.\r\n<h2>Moving Text<\/h2>\r\nLike files and folders, there are many ways to move text once it is selected:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Cut using Ctrl+X, move your cursor to the new location of text, then paste to the new location with Ctrl+V<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Copy using Ctrl+C,\u00a0move your cursor to the new location of text, then paste to the new location with Ctrl+V<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Right-click selected text, select either Copy or Cut, then right-click the new location of text and select Paste<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nYou can move text between pages, between paragraphs, or even between programs or windows. For example, you can cut\u00a0text 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.\r\n\r\nIn many programs, you can also drag text to a new location\u00a0within 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.\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>Practice Question<\/h3>\r\nhttps:\/\/assessments.lumenlearning.com\/assessments\/5327\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/static.3playmedia.com\/p\/projects\/20361\/files\/1752953\/plugins\/11085.js\"><\/script> <script src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/iframe_api\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\r\n<iframe id=\"myytplayer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nTEX04w9XAE?enablejsapi=1\" width=\"440\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Reorganize text within a paragraph.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>To select text, click and drag your cursor across the text.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/13164947\/selectingtext-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-764 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/13164947\/selectingtext-1.png\" alt=\"A small portion of text. A green arrow is pointing at the text indicating where to select it to make it highlighted.\" width=\"417\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/13165023\/selectingtext-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-765 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/13165023\/selectingtext-2.png\" alt=\"A small portion of text. It has been dragged over by the cursor showing that it has been highlighted.\" width=\"417\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h2>Moving Text<\/h2>\n<p>Like files and folders, there are many ways to move text once it is selected:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cut using Ctrl+X, move your cursor to the new location of text, then paste to the new location with Ctrl+V<\/li>\n<li>Copy using Ctrl+C,\u00a0move your cursor to the new location of text, then paste to the new location with Ctrl+V<\/li>\n<li>Right-click selected text, select either Copy or Cut, then right-click the new location of text and select Paste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can move text between pages, between paragraphs, or even between programs or windows. For example, you can cut\u00a0text 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.<\/p>\n<p>In many programs, you can also drag text to a new location\u00a0within 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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>Practice Question<\/h3>\n<p>\t<iframe id=\"lumen_assessment_5327\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/assessments.lumenlearning.com\/assessments\/load?assessment_id=5327&#38;embed=1&#38;external_user_id=&#38;external_context_id=&#38;iframe_resize_id=lumen_assessment_5327\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:100%;min-height:400px;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/static.3playmedia.com\/p\/projects\/20361\/files\/1752953\/plugins\/11085.js\"><\/script> <script src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/iframe_api\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"myytplayer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nTEX04w9XAE?enablejsapi=1\" width=\"440\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-763\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Selecting and Moving Text. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Learn word 2016, Rearranging text with cut, copy, and paste. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: TUTORIALS AND TRAINING. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nTEX04w9XAE\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nTEX04w9XAE<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":20,"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Selecting and Moving Text\",\"author\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Learn word 2016, Rearranging text with cut, copy, and paste\",\"author\":\"TUTORIALS AND TRAINING\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nTEX04w9XAE\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"1233fd4b-ef1d-462d-86fa-301959c6936b","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-763","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":259,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-wm-compapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-wm-compapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2563,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/763\/revisions\/2563"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/259"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/763\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-wm-compapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=763"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-wm-compapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=763"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-wm-compapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}