Moving content.
WHAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW
Copy and paste.
WHAT FEWER KNOW
Paste without formatting, which inserts plain text.
WHY THAT MATTERS
Pasting from a web page or another document otherwise brings fonts, colours and spacing with it.
WHAT THAT CAUSES
Documents that look inconsistent and are difficult to correct.
WHAT ELSE TO KNOW
Cut, which moves rather than copies Clipboard history, available on some systems, holding several recent items
WHAT CLIPBOARD HISTORY ENABLES
Copying several things, then pasting each.
WHAT TO BE CAREFUL WITH
Copying sensitive information, which remains on the clipboard Pasting into the wrong window Pasting formatted content into forms
WHAT TO CLEAR
The clipboard, after copying anything sensitive on a shared machine.
WHAT TO USE FOR MOVING FILES
Cut and paste, or dragging while holding the appropriate key.
WHAT TO CHECK AFTER MOVING FILES
That they arrived, before assuming.
