Word with Screen Reader: Cut, Copy and Paste

Hello, my name is Vikki Vaughan. Today we will discuss using shortcut commands to cut, copy and paste text in a Word document. In our previous video, Selecting Text, we learned about using keyboard shortcuts to select text.

The next phase in the editing process is to store our selected text to the clipboard. As we learned in our previous video, the clipboard is a short-term storage area within our computer. Once we select text, we have several options: we can either Cut or Copy it to the clipboard, or Paste it into another location.

All of these editing commands allow us to quickly arrange and organize our document. We can also seamlessly move text from one application to another. We have a document, the Declaration of Independence, opened on our desktop. We'll use this Word document to illustrate our clipboard options.

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