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Use Copy (or press CTRL+INS) to copy a block of selected
text from the active window to the Clipboard. The original
block of text remains unchanged.
 
You can then use Paste (SHIFT+INS) to insert the text into
into an active window.
 
 Tip: Select text by putting the cursor where the text
      should begin and pressing the SHIFT+ARROW keys.
 
 
 
This example shows how Copy and Paste can be used together:
       1.                    2.                    3.
Select text with      Choose Copy or        Move cursor to
SHIFT+ARROW           press CTRL+INS        insertion point
                                            and choose Paste
┌─────Text────┐       ┌─────Text────┐       ┌─────Text────┐
│▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒  │       │             │       │             │
│             │       │             │       │             │
└─────────────┘       └─────────────┘       │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒  │
                                            └─────────────┘
┌──Clipboard──┐       ┌──Clipboard──┐       ┌──Clipboard──┐
└─────────────┘       │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒  │       │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒  │
                      └─────────────┘       └─────────────┘
The copied text is still in the Clipboard and could be
pasted in at another point.