You probably know this legendary feature of Windows which has the role of moving files or folders very simply. It has long been impossible to accomplish this on Samsung Galaxy Note 8 without resorting to special 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 guide how to copy / paste on a Samsung Galaxy Note 8? In this context, to begin with, we will find out what advantages this Android functionality will bring you, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8, first of all text directly with the internal operations of your phone, and, finally, folders or files using an external application.
What will the copy paste function do on a Samsung Galaxy Note 8?
We start this article by showing you all the Benefits of the copy / paste function on a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 . This feature is as we told you originally from laptops, and without it it would be really complex to organize your files and different folders.
It will actually give you the possibility like the function cut and paste select one or more files or folders, create copies in the memory of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and drop them anywhere you want. If you copy / paste you keep the original copy in its location, while if you ever cut / paste you will move the file and at the end of the procedure there will only be one version left. where you pasted it.
This function is really useful for organizing files in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 to better navigate your files.
How to copy / paste on a Samsung Galaxy Note 8?
We now go to the practical part of this article, and for that, we will first show you how to copy paste text directly from your Samsung Galaxy Note 8, then files or folders using a dedicated application.
How to copy and paste text on Samsung Galaxy Note 8
We start suddenly by showing you the particularly easy-to-use procedure which is to copy and paste text on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8? Fortunately, the procedure is very easy, and whatever application you find the procedure is going to be absolutely similar. The only difference will be that on a number of applications the text selection will be problematic 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 Samsung Galaxy Note 8 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 then see a dialog window open with different possibilities click on "Copy" or "Cut" if it's ever available and that's what you want to do
- 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 Samsung Galaxy Note 8
If you want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 you will have to use a file manager. In most cases all mobile phones are now equipped with it as standard, however, this is not the situation for everyone, we have decided to walk you through the procedure with Astro, one of the most famous managers. You should know that the procedure is appreciably similar and that only certain terms or organization of the application differ:
- Open your file manager or download and install Astro on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8
- 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 select the destination directory of the file or folder
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