Google ANDROID 2.3.4 Manual De Usuario

Android basics

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Android User’s Guide

Editing text

You can edit the text you enter in text fields and use menu commands to cut, copy, and 
paste text within or across applications. Some applications don’t support editing some 
or all of the text they display; others may offer their own way to select text you want to 
work with.

Edit text

1

Touch the text you want to edit.

The cursor is inserted where you touched.

The cursor is a blinking vertical bar that indicates where text you type or paste will 
be inserted. When it first appears, it has an orange tab you can use to drag it, to 
move it if you want.

2

Drag the cursor by its orange tab to the location where you want to edit text. 

The orange tab disappears after a few moments, to get out of your way. To make it 
reappear, just touch the text again.

3

Type, cut, paste, or delete text.

4

Press the Back 

 button when you’re finished typing to close the keyboard.

Select text

You select text that you want to cut, copy, delete, or replace.

1

Touch & hold the text or word you want to select.

2

Touch Select word or Select all in the menu that opens. 

The selected text is highlighted in orange, with a tab at each end of the selection.