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4.
Drag the handles to the left and right of the initial selection to define
the full area you wish to select (
Figure 1.9
). If you drag beyond a para-
graph, the selection area broadens to include blocks of text instead of
letter-by-letter selections.
Figure 1.9
Drag to
highlight text.
If you're in an editable text area (versus a read-only area like a Web
page), double-tap a word to select it. Or, tap four times quickly to
select an entire sentence. Or, here's a quick tip that doesn't apply just to edit-
able areas: double-tap a word, but hold the second tap to make a selection, and
then drag to expand it without lifting your finger.
note
Selecting text occasionally works differently depending on which app
you're using. In Safari, for example, touching and holding on text on a
Web page selects whichever word is under your finger; drag to select any word,
lift your finger, and then expand the selection.
When you make a selection, a set of options appears above the text.
■
Cut:
The selection is copied to memory and then removed from the
content you're editing.
■
Copy:
The selected content is just copied to memory.
