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My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition
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My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition

by Wallace Wang
August 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
512 pages
11h 9m
English
No Starch Press
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Dragging and Dropping Text

When you're editing text, you may need to copy or move words, sentences, or entire paragraphs from one place to another. As a shortcut, you can use the mouse to drag and drop text within nearly every program, such as word processors (like Microsoft Word or Pages) and email programs (like Mail).

Use these steps to drag and drop text:

  1. Start TextEdit. (Double-click the TextEdit icon in the Applications folder.) The TextEdit window appears.

  2. Type a few sentences of text, and then use the mouse to select some text to drag it to a new location.

  3. Holding down the left mouse button, drag the mouse and the selected text to a new location. The cursor moves to show you where your text will appear when you release the left mouse button. ...

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