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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152994" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="11">Select the text that you want to move or copy.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155606" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="21">Do one of the following:</paragraph>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154236" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="13">To move the selected text, drag the text to a different location in the document and release. While you drag, the mouse pointer changes to include a gray box.<br/>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154257" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="14">To copy the selected text, hold down <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command 
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> while you drag. The mouse pointer changes to include a plus sign (+).<br/>
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