HTC G2 Cell Phone User Manual


 
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User’s Guide T-Mobile G2
Copying text from messages
You can copy text from messages you receive, so you can paste it
into the message you compose or into text fields in other
applications.
When you’re composing a message, you select, cut, copy, and paste
text using basic editing techniques, as described in “Editing text” on
page 49.
To copy text from a message
1 Open a message and scroll to the beginning of the of text you
want to copy
See “Reading your messages” on page 123.
2 Press Menu and touch and touch More > Select text.
3 Use your finger to drag across the text you want to copy.
OR
Use the Trackpad to move the small arrow to the beginning of the
text you want to copy, and then press the Trackpad. Swipe your
finger over the Trackpad to move the cursor to the end of the text
you want to copy, and then press the Trackpad again.
The text you selected is copied to the clipboard.
You can now use the techniques described in “Editing text” on
page 49 to paste the copied text into a message you compose or
into a text field in another application.