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Choose Copy Text Only from the Copy submenu of the Edit menu (or from the Clipboard
menu on the Statusbar) to copy only the text, but no formatting information. This is useful for
transferring text from Nisus Writer Express to other applications where you want the text to
appear with the current attributes in those applications.
Figure 25
The Clipboard menu on the Statusbar
Copy text only, without its attributes
You can copy the selected text to paste into another application in which you do not want the
attributes associated with it in Nisus Writer Express to appear.
1.
Drag across the text to select it.
2.
Choose Copy Text Only from the Copy submenu of the Edit menu or from the Clipboard menu
on the Statusbar.
Copy attributes only, without its text
You can copy the attributes of selected text to paste into another location in the current document,
or another Nisus Writer Express document.
1.
Drag across the text to select it.
2.
Choose Copy Character Attributes from the Copy submenu of the Edit menu.
Drag and Drop
With Nisus Writer Express you can drag any selection and drop it somewhere else in any Drag and
Drop compatible application.
1.
Select the characters (either text or graphics, either contiguous or noncontiguous items) which
you want to move.
You can use Drag and Drop to move selections into another Nisus Writer Express document (or
text editable window (the Clipboard or the Find/Replace window)), to the desktop as clippings or
into other Drag and Drop compatible applications.
2.
Move the mouse over the selected text.
3.
Click and drag the text to where you want it.
4.
Release the mouse button.
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Press
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as you drag your selection to place a copy of your selection where you drop it.
Cutting Text
Cut text
1.
Drag across the text to select it.
2.
Choose Cut from the Edit menu, or from the Clipboard menu on the Statusbar, or, click the
Cut button on the Toolbar.
Nisus Writer Express enables you to append selections of text to the Clipboard, if you