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Cutting/Copying/Pasting with the Keyboard

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To cut, copy or paste text with the keyboard:

1.

Select the text using one of the methods described in Selecting Text [Make this a link].

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To Copy the text, press CMD+C on the keyboard.  To Cut (move) the text, press CMD+X on the keyboard.

3.

Click where you want the text to be inserted.

4.

Press CMD+V on the keyboard to paste the text.

NOTE: If you want to insert the text from an element into a different type of element (e.g., Action into Dialogue), press CMD+OPTION+V to use the 'Paste into Current Element' command.