Is there a way for us to copy and paste a selected text from the gmail app of the SGS to a memo or a SMS?
just long press on top of the text you want
highlight
select
choose copy
go to the other application you want to past the text into
again long press
select paste
done
aces_fan said:
Is there a way for us to copy and paste a selected text from the gmail app of the SGS to a memo or a SMS?
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You can't do copy and paste from gmail app. Whenever I need to do that I use the browser version (gmail.com)
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AllGamer said:
just long press on top of the text you want
highlight
select
choose copy
go to the other application you want to past the text into
again long press
select paste
done
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I can do this on the Opera app, but not on the gmail app.
Press Menu -> More -> Select Text -> Copy.
Copy and paste requires ridiculous acrobatics and renders these phones as toys. I received one to test for our work fleet roll out and was shocked at the terrible text editing capabilities and near impossible copying from the browser.
This is after using win5,6 phones.
It seems the pda phone is truly dead with all the multimedia phones around. Particularly the lack of buttons...
Try the copy paste app from market. It even has OCR built in. Its really very easy even to copy text from images.
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Sorry for this basis request - but how do I cut and paste text from a website/doco/email etc etc and paste them between SMS and emails etc?
Have read the manual and tried touch and hold, drag to highlight etc and nothing seems to work
Thanks
Google search found this:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...+copy+paste+Galaxy+S&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au
But it only applies to copying text from a webpage - nothing about copying from one email/SMS to another??
Surely it must be possible - iPhones can do it dammit
I don't see any select text feature on the built in email & gmail app.. but for SMS, there is a "Copy Text" feature and if you want to select a text, forward the message first then "Select Text".
cut /paste from other sources, for example a browser , is being added in android 2.2 . thts so far what i know
I got Froyo on the SGS, so I've no idea what here is new and what was already there on 2.1.
1) Browser - long touch anywhere on the page opens a small box that you can drag to surround what you need, and then you got copy/share/search.
2) SMS - inside a message - menu > 'copy message text'.
3) GMAIL app - inside a mail - Menu > more > select text. You drag to select and it's copied to the clipboard (no share/search/etc, only directly copying to clipboard).
4) A long touch on any input box brings up a select/copy/paste/cut/etc context menu.
I'm still trying to find a way to copy/paste from a gmail chat...
first good morning to all .. i got one problem with my i9000.
Is there any way to cut/copy/paste/select part of text from www or gmail or e-mail?
I found a way to how select a text that user write, but i cannot select (and then copy/paste) any text from www or gmail..
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first good morning to all .. i got one problem with my i9000.
Is there any way to cut/copy/paste/select part of text from www or gmail or e-mail?
I found a way to how select a text that user write, but i cannot select (and then copy/paste) any text from www or gmail..
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It all depends on the software sadly, Get K-9 to replace your mail app and something like Xscope or another browser,
Xscope lets you "SHARE" the www address bar, from that menu you can pick COPY or email to email .
Or you could try on the market for 3rd party cut and paste apps.
I can give you a way to cut/copy/paste the user-input text:
Assuming you're using Swype, place your finger over the bottom leftmost key (key with a swiping hand image) and swipe it to the immediate right key (SYM).
You'll reach the editing options, where you'll find multiple text editing options.
However, it you're referring to being able to copy text from webpages, e-books, etc. I don't know how to do that.
Good Luck
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well thx for infos guys if i find some nice app i will leave a feedback here
Best way to do this is using K9 which sadly doesnt support threading view yet, or using the gmail app on the browser and copy pasting from there
Its a similar dilemma to the iphone app :<
Hi all,
Anyone knows How to copy (paste) text from yahoo mail?
Thanks in advance
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have yo tried holding on the text until the copy menu comes out?
pls hit thanks if I helped in any way!
Sef_P1000 said:
have yo tried holding on the text until the copy menu comes out?
pls hit thanks if I helped in any way!
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Dude, I'm talking about yahoo mail from Android and holding on the text doesn't bring the copy menu.
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Noone has the answer :-(
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while on Yahoo Mail with the email with the text you want to copy open, tap on menu -> more -> select text. the text is auto-copied to clipboard afterwards.
while on Yahoo Mail with the email with the text you want to copy open, tap on menu -> more -> select text. the text is auto-copied to clipboard afterwards.
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I know but how do you paste the selected text in a word doc for example.
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in thinkfree office there is a clipboard icon on the upper right that when tapped gives you a menu with copy / paste options...
if using docs to go, tap on menu -> edit -> paste.
hope this helps..
noxxious said:
in thinkfree office there is a clipboard icon on the upnper right that when tapped gives you a menu with copy / paste options...
if using docs to go, tap on menu -> edit -> paste.
hope this helps..
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Noxxious, you are the MAN
'THANKS' button has been pushed for ya.
Cheers.
no problem, tupo05.
Just got my phone and the first thing I wanted to do was set up wifi.
Have a long wifi password so transferred a txt file to the Note using Kies.
I can click on the txt file and it opens in the default program (Polaris?)
But I can't see any way to select the specific text, copy it, then paste it in the
window that asks for wifi pw.
I can type it in by hand or use some trick but I really just want to know how to select/copy/paste text now.
Thanks
/noob
Long press on the bits you want to select. Should get a pop-up to copy. Then long press where you want to paste. Again a pop-up should appear with paste.
Try the application clipper on the Google play store. Makes managing clipboard even easier.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.rojekti.clipper
seems polaris office doesn't allow editing? (which is bs)
maybe this is the issue?
phoneshopper said:
seems polaris office doesn't allow editing? (which is bs)
maybe this is the issue?
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Of course it allows editing!
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Hi
In the "phone" application, if I have an entry in the call log from someone, I simply cannot copy that number to the clipboard. I have to long press and select "Edit number before call" and then copy it from the text box (not from the place it is displayed above). Highly convoluted and non-user friendly.
Is there any reason why I cannot simply long press a phone number in the call log and copy it? Even selecting text does not seem to be possible in Whats App or SMS applications. There is some cursor like thingy that appears and thats about it. I cannot select portions of text to be copied.
Can't believe I am asking this, but how can I copy portion of text, say from an SMS or from a WhatsApp message?
Thanks.
Farhad.
farhadtarapore said:
Hi
In the "phone" application, if I have an entry in the call log from someone, I simply cannot copy that number to the clipboard. I have to long press and select "Edit number before call" and then copy it from the text box (not from the place it is displayed above). Highly convoluted and non-user friendly.
Is there any reason why I cannot simply long press a phone number in the call log and copy it? Even selecting text does not seem to be possible in Whats App or SMS applications. There is some cursor like thingy that appears and thats about it. I cannot select portions of text to be copied.
Can't believe I am asking this, but how can I copy portion of text, say from an SMS or from a WhatsApp message?
Thanks.
Farhad.
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Double tap the text and you should get two handles and the select/copy/cut action bar up top.
It took me a while to get this, apparently on Sony phones you have to double tab to get to cut/copy/paste, it's easy enough once you get that though.
Sony Phone app: no copy, no send contact, no vibrate when connected.
Sony Messaging app: no font size changable, no hide message content option, can't not send (unamed) number from call log.
In term of UI functions, Sony need to do much more. I feel they still not focus enough on software
Don't tell us, tell Sony, they're the only ones who can do anything about it.
Hello,
I have another copy / Paste question. In the calendar I cannot copy the location entry. Anytime I tab it, I am asked to open google maps. Any Idea how to copy location text?
Thanks!
Zanr Zij said:
Sony Phone app: no copy, no send contact, no vibrate when connected.
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Not sure what do you mean "no vibration when connected, but to copy: long press on the number and to send: that's in the menu.
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sxtester said:
Not sure what do you mean "no vibration when connected, but to copy: long press on the number and to send: that's in the menu.
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No vibration when your outgoing call connected .