Palm P121VZW User Guide - Page 30

1 Tap the currently displayed option to open the list. For example, when creating a new event in Calendar, tap 15 minutes before to display the list of reminder options. 2 Tap the list item you want. Cut, copy, and paste information You can copy any selectable text, and you can cut any selectable text that you yourself entered, for example, in a memo or an email. This includes text 30 Chapter 2 : Basics you can select by dragging the cursor and paragraphs you can select by tapping them (see Text selection gestures). 1 Select the text you want to cut or copy (see Text selection gestures). 2 Open the application menu and tap Edit > Cut or Copy. 3 Open the app and insert the cursor where you want to paste the text (see Text selection gestures). 4 Open the application menu and tap Edit > Paste. TIP You can also use keyboard shortcuts to cut, copy, and paste. After selecting the text or inserting the cursor, press and hold the gesture area until a light appears under the surface of the gesture area, and press X (cut), C (copy), V (paste), or A (copy/select all, in apps that support this feature). Use the Copy All or Select All feature Some applications offer a Copy All menu option. For example, in Messaging, you can start or open a conversation, open the application menu, and tap Edit > Copy All. This saves the entire conversation as plain text, which you can paste in a memo, email message, and so on. Other apps offer a Select All menu option. For example, in Memos, you can open a memo, open the application menu, and tap Edit > Select All. This highlights the full memo text, which you can cut or copy. Some apps offer both the Copy All and Select All features to perform different text selection tasks: Email: In an open email message in Email, use Copy All to copy the entire message (including header info such as sender, recipient, and subject), or use Select All to select just the message body text (see Copy messages). Contacts: On the contact details screen, use Copy All to copy the contents of the contact entry as plain text; or, on the contact edit screen, insert the cursor in a field and use Select All to highlight the contents of that field.