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Its most popular use, however, is rearranging the text in a single document.

In, say, Word or WordPad, you can rearrange entire sections, paragraphs,
sentences, or even individual letters, just by dragging them—a terrific
editing technique.

Tip

Using drag-and-drop to move highlighted text within a document also deletes the text from its
original location. By pressing Ctrl as you drag, however, you make a copy of the highlighted text.

Figure 6-9. You can drag highlighted text to another place in the document—or to a different window
or program.

Export/Import

When it comes to transferring large chunks of information from one
program to another—especially address books, spreadsheet cells, and

database records—none of the data-transfer methods described so far in this
chapter will do the trick. For such purposes, use the Export and Import
commands found in the File menu of almost every database, spreadsheet,

email, and address-book program.

These Export/Import commands aren’t part of Windows, so the manuals or
help screens of the applications in question should be your source for

instructions. For now, however, the power and convenience of this feature
are worth noting. Because of these commands, your four years’ worth of
collected names and addresses in, say, an old address-book program can