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Keyboard Settings
You can customize the way your phone handles certain
functions while you enter text. You can also remove all the
words you have added to your suggestion list.
For more information, refer to
“Keyboard”
on page 138.
Copy and Paste
Windows Phone 8 supports copy and paste. This feature is
automatically enabled. You can copy text from most locations
on the phone and paste it in most places you can type. Some
locations enable you to copy a specific text string by
highlighting it. Other locations enable you to copy an entire
section of text by using a menu option.
Copy with the Highlight Option
To copy text that supports the highlight option:
1.
Touch the text you want to copy to highlight it.
2.
Drag the arrows at each end of the highlighted text
until only the text you want to copy is highlighted.
3.
Touch the copy icon
that displays near the
highlighted text.
The following locations support the highlight option:
•
Webpages in the browser
•
Bodies of email messages
•
Office documents
•
Editable fields in native applications.
Copy with the Menu Option
To copy text that supports the menu option:
1.
Touch and hold the text or link you want to copy until
the menu appears.
2.
Touch
copy
or
copy link
.
The following locations support this option:
•
Headings of email messages.
•
Directions in maps.
•
Links in the browser.
•
Information in contact cards and social networking profiles in the
People hub.
•
Messages you have sent or received.
•
Details pages for local search results.
