Apple Newton Press (Macintosh) - Manual (Page 74)

Copying parts of a book
You can select and copy parts of a book and move the copied text to another
application.
To copy parts of a Newton book:
1 Go to the part you want to copy.
2 To select the item, hold the pen down on or near the item until a heavy mark appears and
you hear a squeak. Then draw the highlighting mark over or around the item.
Your Newton PDA places a box around the selected item.
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Selected text to copy.