Explanation
### Why this is right
Moving text uses a cut-and-paste sequence: cutting removes the selected text from its original document and temporarily holds it on the clipboard. You must select and cut the text before switching documents, then paste it after opening the destination.
### The concept
To **select** text is to mark the words or characters an action will affect. **Cut** removes the marked text and places it on the clipboard, a temporary holding area for content being transferred. **Paste** inserts the clipboard contents at the insertion point, usually where the cursor is positioned. This differs from **copying**, which leaves the original text in place and puts a duplicate on the clipboard. Common shortcuts are `Control+X` to cut and `Control+V` to paste on Windows, or `Command+X` and `Command+V` on Mac.
### The order
1. **Select the text**: Mark the exact words so the cut command applies to them.
2. **Cut the text**: Remove the selection from the source document and place it on the clipboard.
3. **Switch to the destination document**: Activate the document where the text should go.
4. **Paste into the destination document**: Insert the clipboard contents at the cursor position.
### Terms
- **Clipboard**: A temporary holding area for content that has been cut or copied.
- **Source document**: The document the text is moved from.
- **Destination document**: The document that receives the moved text.
- **Keyboard shortcut**: A key or key combination that performs a command without using a menu.
- **Select**: Mark text so a command can act on it.
- **Cut**: Remove selected content and store it on the clipboard.
- **Paste**: Insert clipboard contents at the current insertion point.
### Remember
To move text, select and cut it first, switch documents, then paste; use copy instead of cut if the original should remain.
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