Working with Type - Adobe Illustrator CS6 on Demand - page 464

Click the Edit menu, and then click Paste , Paste in Front , or Paste in Back .

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Ctrl+V (Win) or +V (Mac).

Copy or Move Type from One Object to Another

Select the Type or Vertical Type tool on the Tools panel.

Select the type that you want to copy or move.

Click the Edit menu, and then click Copy or Cut (move).

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Ctrl+C (Win) or +C (Mac) to copy or Ctrl+X (Win) or +X

(Mac) to cut.

To place the text into an existing type object, click in a type object to place the in-

sertion point.