Edit

This menu contains commands for editing the contents of a document.

Undo

Reverses the last command or the last entry you typed. To select the command that you want to reverse, click the arrow next to the Undo icon on the Standard bar.

Redo

Reverses the action of the last Undo command. To select the Undo step that you want to reverse, click the arrow next to the Redo icon on the Standard bar.

Cut

Removes and copies the selection to the clipboard.

Paste

Inserts the contents of the clipboard at the location of the cursor, and replaces any selected text or objects. Click the arrow next to the icon to select the format.

Paste Special

Inserts the contents of the clipboard into the current file in a format that you can specify.

You can enable a selection cursor in a read-only text document or in the Help. Choose Edit - Select Text or open the context menu of a read-only document and choose Select Text. The selection cursor does not blink.

Select All

Selects the entire content of the current file, frame, or text object.

Changes

Lists the commands that are available for tracking changes in your file.

Compare Document

Compares the current document with a document that you select.

Find & Replace

Searches for or replaces text or formats in the current document.

Navigator

Shows or hides the Navigator, where you can quickly jump to different parts of your document. You can also use the Navigator to insert elements from the current document or other open documents, and to organize master documents. To edit an item in the Navigator, right-click the item, and then choose a command from the context menu. If you want, you can dock the Navigator at the edge of your workspace.

AutoText

Creates, edits, or inserts AutoText. You can store formatted text, text with graphics, tables, and fields as AutoText. To quickly insert AutoText, type the shortcut for the AutoText in your document, and then press F3.

Exchange Database

Change the data sources for the current document. To correctly display the contents of inserted fields, the replacement database must contain identical field names.

Fields

Opens a dialog where you can edit the properties of a field. Click in front of a field, and then choose this command. In the dialog, you can use the arrow buttons to move to the previous or the next field.

Footnotes

Edits the selected footnote or endnote anchor. Click in front of or behind the footnote or endnote, and then choose this command.

Index Entry

Edits the selected index entry. Click in front of or in the index entry, and then choose this command.

Bibliography Entry

Edits the selected bibliography entry.

Hyperlink

Opens a dialog that enables you to create and edit hyperlinks.

Links

Lets you edit the properties of each link in the current document, including the path to the source file. This command is not available if the current document does not contain links to other files.

Plug-in

Allows you to edit plug-ins in your file. Choose this command to enable or disable this feature. When enabled, a check mark appears beside this command, and you find commands to edit the plug-in in its context menu. When disabled, you find commands to control the plug-in in its context menu.

ImageMap

Allows you to attach URLs to specific areas, called hotspots, on a graphic or a group of graphics. An image map is a group of one or more hotspots.

Object

Lets you edit a selected object in your file that you inserted with the Insert - Object command.

Index

undoing,editing

editing,undoing

restoring,editing

redo command

repeating, commands

commands, repeating

cutting

clipboard, cutting

clipboard, Unix

copying, in Unix

pasting, from clipboard

clipboard, pasting

cell ranges,pasting

cells,pasting

pasting,cell ranges

plug-ins, activating and deactivating

activating,plug-ins

deactivating, plug-ins

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