You are probably familiar with this iconic Windows feature that is used to move files or folders quickly. It has long been impossible to accomplish this on Honor 5C without resorting to specific software, however, it is now achievable. And you will find yourself, if you do not already know it, that it will make your life easier in a lot of ways.
Today we will expose you in this article how to copy / paste on an Honor 5C? To do this, first, we will explain what advantages this Android functionality will bring you, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your Honor 5C, first of all text directly with the internal functions of your phone, and, finally, folders or files using an external application.
What is the point of copy paste on an Honor 5C?
We start this guide by teaching you all the benefits of the copy / paste functionality on an Honor 5C . This feature is as we told you originally from laptops, and without it it would be extremely complicated to organize your files and different folders.
It will actually allow you like the functionality cut and paste select one or more files or folders, create copies in the memory of your Honor 5C and drop them anywhere you want. In the event that you proceed to a copy / paste you keep the original copy in its location, whereas if you ever do a cut / paste you will move the file and at the end of the procedure all that will be left is a version where you pasted it.
This feature is really relevant for organizing files in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Honor 5C to better navigate your files.
How to copy / paste on Honor 5C?
We now move on to the practical part of this guide, and for that, we will first teach you how to copy paste text directly from your Honor 5C, then files or folders using a dedicated application.
How to copy and paste text on Honor 5C
We start by showing you the particularly easy-to-use procedure which consists of copy and paste text on your Honor 5C? Fortunately, the procedure is very simple, and no matter which application you find the procedure on is going to be absolutely similar. The only difference will be that on some applications the text selection is not always going to be obvious and you will have to select large portions of text even if you only want to copy a sentence (example: Facebook). Let's go:
- Unlock your Honor 5C and find the document / app / text you want to copy or cut and paste
- Make a long press on one of the words of the text
- You will therefore discover a dialogue window with different options click on "Copy" or "Cut" if it's ever available and that's what you want to achieve
- Now go to the app in which you want to paste this text, make a long press in the destination text box
- In the dialog box select the paste option
How to copy and paste files on your Honor 5C
If you want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your Honor 5C, you will have to use an file manager. In the majority of cases all telephones are now equipped with it as standard, however, this is not the situation for all, we have decided to explain the procedure to you with Astro, one of the most famous managers. Note that the procedure is quite similar and that only certain terms or organization of the application differ:
- Open your file manager or download and install Astro on your Honor 5C
- Navigate through the different folders until you find the file or folder you want to copy and paste
- Make a long press on it or click on the three small vertical dots at the top right of its label
- Press "Copy to" and choose the destination directory of the file or folder
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