Palm Pre Pre Plus User Manual

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32 Chapter 2 : BasicsCut, copy, and paste informationYou can copy any selectable text, and you can cut any selectable text thatyou yourself entered, for example, in a memo or an email. This includes textyou can select by dragging the cursor and paragraphs you can select bytapping them (see Text selection gestures).1 Select the text you want to cut or copy (see Text selection gestures).2 Open the application menu and tap Edit > Cut or Copy.3 Open the app and insert the cursor where you want to paste the text(see Text selection gestures).4 Open the application menu and tap Edit > Paste.Use the Copy All or Select All featureSome applications offer a Copy All menu option. For example, in Messaging,you can start or open a conversation, open the application menu, and tapEdit > Copy All. This saves the entire conversation as plain text, which youcan paste in a memo, email message, and so on.Other apps offer a Select All menu option. For example, in Memos, you canopen a memo, open the application menu, and tap Edit > Select All. Thishighlights the full memo text, which you can cut or copy.Some apps offer both the Copy All and Select All features to performdifferent text selection tasks:Email: In an open email message in Email, use Copy All to copy the entiremessage (including header info such as sender, recipient, and subject), oruse Select All to select just the message body text (see Copy messages).Contacts: On the contact details screen, use Copy All to copy the contentsof the contact entry as plain text; or, on the contact edit screen, insert thecursor in a field and use Select All to highlight the contents of that field.Save informationOn most screens, your information is saved automatically. Just make theback gesture to close the screen (see Go up one level in an app (backgesture)), and your info is saved at the same time.Your info is also saved if you minimize an app screen to a card and throw thecard off the top of the screen to close the app.On screens with a Done button, tap Done to save your information.Use the menusMost applications have an application menu hidden in the upper-left corner,which provides access to additional features. There is also a connectionmenu hidden in the upper-right corner, which provides access to wirelessservices.Some applications have additional menus. For example, in Photos, tap anopen picture and tap to display a menu of tasks you can do with thepicture (see Photos).To get the most out of your phone, it’s a good idea to familiarize yourselfwith the additional features available through the menus in variousapplications.Open the application menuThe application menu contains items for the application you are working in,such as Cut and Copy, Preferences, Help, and other application-specificcommands.TIP You can also use keyboard shortcuts to cut, copy, and paste. After selectingthe text or inserting the cursor, press and hold the gesture area until a light appearsunder the surface of the gesture area, and press X (cut), C (copy), V (paste), or A(copy/select all, in the apps that support this feature).