Tuesday April 1
02:41
Cut And Paste In Windows Mobile 6
On the S11HT, there is no CTRL key on the keyboard and no obvious way to do “copy & paste” - there are no copy, cut, paste menu items anywhere.
The solution? Bring up the software keyboard and tap ctl c, ctl v, ctl x for copy, paste, and cut. I can’t believe this is the only way to do it, but it seems to be from what I can see so far.
Strange that WM6 wouldn’t have menu items for copy/paste, and that HTC would leave CTRL off the keyboard - but at least there’s a way, even if it is a little cumbersome. I think the iPhone missed out copy/paste also…?
Update: Please see this page for more ways to copy/paste on Windows Mobile 6.
[…] Previously I said that the only way I found to do copy/paste was to bring up the onscreen keyboard, tap CTRL and then tap c/v. I since found another way: to select text with the stylus and then tap and hold to bring up a copy/paste menu. However both of these are inconvenient why you’re typing since you need to get out the stylus. […]