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Copying and pasting text in Microsoft Word is easy. You can select and copy a word, or group of words, and then duplicate it by pasting the word(s) wherever you want in your document. This wikiHow article will teach you simple ways to copy and paste words, sentences, and other blocks of text in your Microsoft Word document.
Things You Should Know
Highlight the text you want to copy. You can highlight words, sentences, paragraphs, or other blocks of text by left-clicking and dragging your mouse pointer over the text.
Click the location where you want to paste the text. This can be anywhere in your Word document. You can even open a second Word document and paste the text there.
Paste the word(s). Go to the part of your document where you want to place the text(s) that you’ve copied and then click on it. Right-click, and choose “Paste” from the options that appear.
AdvertisementIf you want to remove the text from the original location while copying it to a new location, you can select Cut (or press Ctrl + X / Cmd + X) instead.
You can copy not only from within your Word document but from any text that you see as long as you can highlight it.
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