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Edit the Document Text

When you work with a character-based file, such as a text or word-processing document or an e-mail message, it is rare that any text you enter into a document is perfect the first time through. It is far more likely that the text contains errors that require correcting or words, sentences, or paragraphs that appear in the wrong place.

To get your document text the way you want it, you need to know how to edit text, including deleting characters, selecting the text that you want to work with, and copying and moving text.

Edit the Document Text

Delete Characters

Tap immediately to the right of the first character that you ...