How to Copy Highlighted Text in a Microsoft Word Document

If you want to copy text or other objects in Microsoft Word, you can highlight the text or object and use the shortcut menu to copy the it onto the clipboard. You can then move or paste the subject into a different location or document.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Microsoft Word 2003

1. Start Microsoft Word. Open an existing file or start a new blank document from which you want to copy highlighted text.
2. Click right before the first letter of the first word you want to copy.
3. Hold down your left mouse button and drag your mouse to cover the entire selection of text that you want to copy. A highlight will cover the words that you select.
4. Release the mouse button when you finish highlighting.
5. Right-click anywhere on top of the selected text to bring up the shortcut menu.
6. Choose "Copy" from the menu to copy the highlighted text onto your clipboard.
7. Paste the copied text from your clipboard to another section of this document or another Word document.

Tips & Warnings

• The keyboard shortcut of CTRL+C will also copy highlighted text onto the clipboard.
• Use the menus to copy text by first highlighting the text, then choosing the "Edit" menu and clicking on "Copy."
• To copy highlighted text, you also can press down the CTRL key after you have highlighted the selected text, drag the copied text to a new location and then release the mouse button.

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