To cut an object such as a graphic, picture, or text box, click on it. You'll see the bounding box around it. Move your cursor over a line on the box, then right click and select Cut. The object then appears on your clipboard.

The existing object where it is, but move a copy of it to your clipboard, then to a new location in the publication. You can then put that copy anywhere else on the page – or on other pages. To copy and object, follow the same steps for Cut, but select Copy. To cut or copy text, select the text by holding in your left mouse button and dragging it over the part of the text you want to select. Once you cut or copy an object, you can them immediately paste it into a new location in the publication. To paste an object, move the cursor to where you want to position the object, right click and select Paste on the ribbon under the Home tab. It is located in the Clipboard group and is pictured in the snapshot below. You have three options in the Paste button's dropdown menu: Pasting text gets a little more detailed because you have more options for pasting in Publisher 2016.

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