fire up the document or text file that contains the text you want to cut or copy.
Tap and hold the text you want to select.
Lift your finger when the cursor is where you want it to display a menu.
This menu may also contain app-specific items depending on the program.
TapSelect Allto automatically select all the text on the page.
The cursor goes into Selection Mode, which adds blue circles to the line’s top and bottom.
Use these to go for the text you want to cut or copy.
Drag the top circle to set the beginning of the selection and the bottom to set the end.
In some apps, enter Selection Mode by double-tapping the text you want to select.
When the text is selected, a menu appears.
TapCutto delete the selected text from the document and place a copy in the clipboard.
Or, tapCopyto place a copy on the clipboard without removing it from the original record.
launch the app or document where you want to insert the copied or cut text.
Tap and hold to display the magnifier, then place the cursor where you want to paste the text.
When you lift your finger, tapPaste.
The cut or copied text appears in the cursor location.
Format the pasted text.
Line breaks or other formatting may need to be replaced after the text is pasted in the document.
Keyboard Shortcuts on the iPad
The iPad default keyboard gained some shortcuts and buttons with iOS 9.
Use these keyboard shortcuts to cut, copy, and paste without going to the pop-up menu.
Tap the menu to display a set of options.
The scissors icon cuts text.
The icon that looks like a dashed box in front of a solid one will copy text.
And the clipboard icon replaces the selected text with what is in the clipboard (paste).
Use the Virtual Trackpad to Cut and Paste
TheiOS virtual trackpadalso makes copying and pasting easier.
To activate it, either tap and hold two fingers on the keyboard or long-press the space bar.
When using Slide Over or Split View, however, both apps can be open at once.
