<p class="Head1"><help:key-word value="text sections; moving" tag="kw67973_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="moving; text sections" tag="kw67973_4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="text sections; copying" tag="kw67973_3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="copying; text sections" tag="kw67973_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:to-be-embedded Eid="dragdroptext" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:link Id="67973">Moving Text Sections in Documents</help:link></help:to-be-embedded></p>
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<p class="P2">Select the text that you want to move.</p>
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<p class="P2">Place the mouse pointer in the selected text, then press the mouse button and keep it pressed.</p>
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<p class="P2">Drag the mouse until a symbol appears next to the pointer, indicating that the selected area will be moved. In addition, a gray text cursor moves with the mouse pointer, indicating where the selection is to be inserted.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you do not want to move the text, but rather only copy it, press <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch> while performing this action. This is indicated by a plus sign next to the mouse pointer. You can press and release the <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch> key as often as you like - the action applies to the condition prevailing at the time you released the mouse button.</p>