HTC One M8 - Manual (Page 45)

Working with text
Selecting, copying, and pasting text
In HTC apps such as Internet and Mail, you can select and copy text, and then paste or
share it.
1. Press and hold on a word.
2. Drag the start and end anchors to highlight the surrounding text you want to
select.
You can use the magnifier to zoom in while selecting your text. To turn on the
magnifier, go to Settings > Accessibility, and then select the Show magnifier
option. You'll see the magnifier when you press and hold one of the text selection
anchors.
3. After you have selected the text you want to copy, tap Copy.
The selected text is then copied to the clipboard.
4. In a text entry field (for example while composing an email), press and hold at
the point where you want to paste the text.
5. Tap Paste.
To copy the address of a linked webpage in the Internet app, press and hold the
link, and then tap Copy link URL.
Sharing text
1. After you have selected the text you want to share, tap Share.
2. Choose where to paste and share the selected text, such as in an email message
or social network status update.
The HTC Sense keyboard
Typing is fast and accurate with the HTC Sense keyboard.
§ Word prediction also saves typing time. As you type, you'll see word
suggestions that you can choose from. You can even add words, phrases, and
shortcuts to the word prediction dictionary. See
Entering text with word
prediction on page 47.
§ You can type words by just speaking. See Entering text by speaking on page
49.
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