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- Find the text you want to copy and paste. Tap and hold on the text. Tap and drag the highlight handles to highlight all the text you want to copy and paste. Tap Copy in the menu that appears. Tap and hold in the space where you'd like to paste the text. Tap Paste in the menu that appears. You can alternatively choose to "Paste as plain text."
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By Philip Berne
published 22 May 2023
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A US congressional representative, Kweisi Mfume, once gave a graduation speech and said the four words that would stick with graduates for the rest of their lives were “copy, paste, and select all.” It was 2000, when students were making the switch from paper to digital work. Today, we take cut, copy and pasting for granted, but do you really know the best way to cut and copy on your iPhone? After it’s ‘cut,’ where does that stuff go?
•Press and hold on the word
•Drag the blue bars
•Choose an option for what’s next
To copy a word or words on the iPhone, press and hold your finger on top of the word you want. You should feel a quick vibration response as the iPhone selects your text. If you hold your finger and drag, you can select more now, but you can add more later.
Once you’ve selected text, you’ll notice little blue bars at the beginning and end of your selection. You can hold your finger on either bar and drag them to the start and end of your selection. You’ll see a magnified area appear to help you find the right spot.
Now you’ve selected text and you have options. You can simply copy this text for later to paste anywhere you can enter text, including in other apps, or just in the iPhone’s search box. This text will be copied until you turn off your phone or until you copy something else. Then it’s gone, with no record or history.
•Look Up gives you a variety of resources
•Translate text without copying
•Create a Quick Note with your selection
The other options that appear when you select some text will depend upon the app you’re using. In Safari, for instance, you get the option to “Find Selection” and look for other instances of those words on the current web page.
In almost every app, you can also “Look Up” your selection, which searches through a variety of sources on your phone. You can pick and choose which sources are included through the Siri & Search menu under Settings.
If you were planning on pasting your text into a translator, there is a translation tool built into iOS 16. Tap on the right-facing arrow next to Copy, and keep tapping that arrow until you get to the “Translate” option.
•Copy a contact from your phone list
•Copy and paste a photo
•Select and copy text in an image
Surprisingly, the iPhone has myriad options for what you can copy and paste, and the list only grows. To find out what you can copy, use the same procedure for selecting a word on a web page.
Press and hold on an item on your iPhone and a menu will appear. This will tell you if you can copy that item. Here are some things you can also copy besides plain old text:
•An entire text message – tap and hold on the bubble
•Handoff is enabled by default
•Copy text or an image on your phone
•Paste on your Mac, and vice versa
If you have more than one Apple device, make sure that you are signed in with your iCloud account on all of them so you can take advantage of the Handoff features, including the Universal Clipboard.
You can find Handoff on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices under the AirPlay & Handoff section of the Settings app. Once you are logged in, there is usually nothing else to do, Handoff features are enabled by default.
Once again, Apple makes this as easy as possible. If you cut or copy an item on any device, your other devices will be able to paste what you just selected. It happens with little delay, and you don’t need to tell your device what to do. It just works – voila, Apple.
Recently Apple added a gesture to its cut and copy options. Frankly, it isn’t an easy gesture to pull off, and Apple is not clear about when it works and when it does not. We recommend using simple taps to select, cut and copy, but here is Apple’s new thing.
If you are editing text you can copy a selection by pinching three fingers together. If you pinch twice with three fingers, you cut the selection instead of copy.
On an iPhone 14 Pro screen, it’s difficult to manage this gesture properly, especially if you have a case with a ridge. Also, Apple’s own support site makes it seem like this is always the way to cut and copy text, but this process only works with text that you can edit, ie. when you can see the keyboard you are good to go.
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Mar 29, 2024 · Navigate to the conversation with the text you want to copy. When you open the app, you'll see a list of conversations. 3. Tap and hold a chat bubble in the conversation. A menu will pop up at your finger. 4. Tap Copy text. The text is copied to your clipboard so you can paste it anywhere (like an email).
Mar 18, 2022 · Tap and hold on your message. Then, in the menu that opens, choose "Copy." Your message is now copied. To paste it, open your text editor (like Notes), tap and hold anywhere in the edit area, and choose "Paste." And you now have a backup of your message outside of the Messages app.
Jan 4, 2024 · To paste it, go to the app where you want the image, tap and hold in a text field, and choose Paste. How to copy and paste photos on Android. Have an Android? Copying and pasting photos is simple on these devices as well. Tap and hold the photo you wish to copy, and select Copy or Copy to clipboard from the menu. To paste, head to the app you ...
Dec 25, 2020 · Drag until you've highlighted all the text you want to copy, then tap Copy. To copy a link: Tap and hold the link, then tap Copy from the menu. To copy an image: Tap and hold the image, then tap Copy. To paste: In the app where you want to paste what you copied, double-tap or tap and hold, depending on the app, then select Paste.
Apr 5, 2024 · 1. Long-tap on the text you want to copy. This will select the text. If you want to copy more than one word, drag the handles on either end of the text to highlight all the text. 2. Tap Copy. This is in the pop-up menu. The text will be copied to your Android's clipboard.
