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Use Cut (or press Shift+Del) to remove selected text from
the active window and put it on the Clipboard.
 
You can then use Paste (Shift+Ins) to insert it into an
active window.
 
Tip: Select text by placing the cursor where the text should
     begin and pressing the Shift+DIRECTION keys. Remove
     selected text without copying it to the Clipboard by
     pressing DEL.
 
This example shows how Cut and Paste can be used together:
       1.                    2.                   3.
Select text with     Choose Cut command    Move cursor to
Shift+Arrow          or press Shift+Del    insertion point
                                           and choose Paste
┌──── Text ────┐      ┌──── Text ────┐     ┌──── Text ────┐
│▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒   │      │              │     │              │
│              │      └──────────────┘     │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒   │
└──────────────┘                           └──────────────┘
 
┌─ Clipboard ─┐       ┌─ Clipboard ─┐      ┌─ Clipboard ─┐
└─────────────┘       │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒  │      │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒  │
                      └─────────────┘      └─────────────┘
The cut text is still on the Clipboard and could be pasted
in at another point.