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Under Paste Options, buttons represent the ways in which you can paste the item.

Pointing to a button under Paste Options displays a preview of how the cut or

copied item will look when pasted into the text in that format, so you can experi-

ment with different ways of pasting until you find the one you want.

See Also For more information about the Clipboard, see the sidebar “About the

Clipboard” later in this chapter.

● Keyboard shortcuts It can be more efficient to press key combinations to cut,

copy, and paste selections than to click buttons on the ribbon. The main keyboard

shortcuts for editing tasks are shown in the following table.

Task Keyboard shortcut

Cut Ctrl+X

Copy Ctrl+C

Paste Ctrl+V

Undo Ctrl+Z

Repeat/Redo Ctrl+Y

Using a keyboard shortcut to cut or copy a selection stores the item on the

Clipboard, just as if you had clicked the corresponding button.

Tip No matter which method you use, when you cut text, Word removes it from its original

location. When you copy text, Word leaves the text in the original location and repeats it in

the new location.

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