Duplicate, Move, Delete

Duplicate text within a document, between open documents

To duplicate text either within the same document or between two different documents is a two stage process, copy then paste. This is accomplished as follows:

Duplicate text within a document

  1. Highlight the text you wish to duplicate.

  2. Edit->Copy.

  3. Position the cursor at the point you wish to duplicate the text.

  4. Edit->Paste.

If you wish to make another copy of the text, you only need to perform the last two steps since Writer remembers the text that you copied.

Duplicate text between documents

The process is basically the same when copying between documents.

  1. Highlight the text you wish to duplicate in the first document.

  2. Edit->Copy.

  3. Open the second document if it is not yet open or switch to it using the Window menu item.

  4. Position the cursor at the point you wish to duplicate the text in the second.

  5. Edit->Paste.

Move text within a document, between open documents

To move text either within the same document or between two different documents is a two stage process, cut then paste. This is accomplished as follows:

Move text within a document

  1. Highlight the text you wish to duplicate.

  2. Edit->Cut.

  3. Position the cursor at the point you wish to insert the text.

  4. Edit->Paste.

Move text between documents

The process is basically the same when moving between documents.

  1. Highlight the text you wish to duplicate in the first document.

  2. Edit->Cut.

  3. Open the second document if it is not yet open or switch to it using the Window menu item.

  4. Position the cursor at the point you wish to insert the text in the second.

  5. Edit->Paste.

Delete text

One method of deleting a block of text is to use the first two steps of the move operation described above. This will retain a copy of the text that was deleted.

The other method is to highlight the text and press the Del key.