Set the insertion point
To position the cursor, touch a text line within the text box and hold until the magnifying glass appears to help you position the cursor precisely. Without lifting your finger, drag it to the position where you want to place the insertion point. In this case a pop-up menu appears that contains the following options:
- Select - to select the current word.
- Select All - to select all the content of the text box.
- Paste - to paste previously copied text.
- Delete - to delete the next character within the line of text.
- Shape - to open the shape settings panel.
- Edit Text - to open the text/paragraph settings panel.
Select text and objects
To select a single word, double-tap it or touch and hold until the pop-up menu with the Select option appears, then tap it. To select a text passage, drag the selection handles. To select all the content of the text box, touch and hold until the pop-up menu with the Select All option appears, then tap it.
To select an object (shape, image, or chart), tap it. To select a text box, tap its border.
When you select a text passage or object, the pop-up menu appears that contains the following options: Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Edit Text. Depending on the selected object, other options can be available (e.g. Shape, Hyperlink etc.) that allow to open the object settings panel.
Double-tap a slide in the slide list to open the pop-up menu that contains the following options: Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Duplicate, Hide.
Cut, copy, paste text and objects
To cut, copy and paste text passages/objects within the current presentation use the corresponding options from the pop-up menu that appears when a text passage/object is selected:
- Cut – select a text fragment/object and use the Cut option from the pop-up menu to delete the selection and send it to the clipboard memory. The cut data can be later inserted to another place in the same presentation.
- Copy – select a text fragment/object and use the Copy option from the pop-up menu to copy the selection to the clipboard memory. The copied data can be later inserted to another place in the same presentation.
- Paste – put the cursor within a text box where you want to paste the previously copied text fragment or double-tap the slide where you want to paste the previously copied object and use the Paste option from the pop-up menu.
The text will be inserted at the current cursor position. The object will be inserted onto the currently selected slide. The data can be previously copied from the same presentation.