Apple Newton Press (Macintosh) - Manual (Page 75)

3 Drag the selected item to the side, top, or bottom of the screen.
The item becomes a small box, waiting for you to place it in another
document.
4 Tap the X to close the book.
5 Open the item where you want the selected information to appear.
The small box indicating the selected item appears.
75 Viewing Your Book on a Newton PDA
The box with the selected information appears.
Selected text becomes a box.