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How do I delete, cut, copy and paste?

A selection has a panel, shown in Figure 1. The selection panel contains, amongst other things, buttons used to delete, cut, or copy.

Figure 1: A selection and its selection panel.

How can I delete items?

Figure 2: Delete icon

To delete a selection, in the selection panel, press the trashcan shown in Figure 2. You can also fully erase a thing to delete it.

How can I copy items?

Figure 3: Copy icon

Press the overlapping squares, shown in Figure 3, to copy the selected items, which puts them in the pasteboard.

How can I cut items?

Figure 4: Cut icon

To cut a selection, press the scissors in Figure 4. The action will copy and then delete, which means the selected items will only remain in the pasteboard.

How can I paste items?

Figure 5: The paste icon from the navigation bar

When the pasteboard contains content Mindsketch can handle, you can paste it to the center of the screen by tapping the paste button. The paste button is in the navigation bar at the top of the screen.

You can copy and paste content between documents.