Chapter 4 Working with Applications48Entering textFor information on how to enter text using the keyboard on your handheld or thekeyboard attached to your computer, see Chapter 3. For information on enteringtext in Note Pad, see Chapter 11.Using the Edit menuThe Edit menu is available with any screen where you enter or edit text. In general,commands available in the Edit menu apply to text that you select in an application.To select text in an application:1. Tap the beginning of the text that you want to select.2. Drag the stylus over the text to highlight it (in yellow).NOTE You can also double-tap to select a word, or triple-tap to select a line oftext. You can also drag across the text to select additional words, or drag downto select a group of lines.The following commands may appear in an Edit menu:Undo Reverses the action of the last edit command. For example, if youused Cut to remove text, Undo restores the text you removed. Undoalso reverses deletions you made using the backspace.Cut Removes the selected text and stores it temporarily in the memoryof your handheld. You can paste the text you cut into another areaof the current application or into a different application.Copy Copies the selected text and stores it temporarily in the memory ofyour handheld. You can paste the copied text into another area ofthe current application or into a different application.Paste Inserts the cut or copied text at the selected point in a record. Thetext you paste replaces any selected text. If you did not previouslycut or copy text, Paste does nothing.Select All Selects all the text in the current record or screen. This enables youto cut or copy all of the text and paste it elsewhere.Keyboard Opens the onscreen keyboard. After you finish with the onscreenkeyboard, press Function + Enter , or tap Done.
