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Working with text

M-Business Client provides cut, copy, and paste functions for working with text in channels, web pages,

and forms, and for moving text between M-Business Client and other device applications.

Using the copy and paste feature

You can copy selected text from online documents or web pages to the Windows clipboard, then paste that

selected text onto another form or into another application (such as Notepad or Word) on your device.

Note

You cannot use copy and paste functions in M-Business Client dialogs.

♦ To use the copy and paste feature

1. On your device, open a channel or web page.

2. Drag your stylus, or left-click-drag your mouse pointer, to select the text you want to copy; or select

the entire page by choosing Edit»Select All.

Note

In order to select portions of text within a channel or web page using your stylus or mouse, Dragging

cursor must be set to selects in your preferences. For information on how to enable text selection, see

“Setting preferences” on page 97.

3. Choose Edit»Copy.

The selected text is copied to the device clipboard; now it can be pasted into other pages or device

applications.

4. Open the application or page that you want to paste the copied text into, click or tap where you want

to paste, and choose Edit»Paste.

Using the cut and paste feature

You can cut selected text from form fields in online documents or web pages to the device clipboard, then

paste that selected text onto another form or into another application (such as Notepad or Word) on your

device.

Note

You cannot use cut and paste functions in M-Business Client dialogs or HTML content.

Using M-Business Client on Windows XP