You probably know this legendary function of Windows which consists in moving files or folders in a very simple way. It has long been impossible to do this on Sony Xperia 10 IV without using special software, however, it is now possible. And you will realize, in the event that you do not already know that it will simplify your life on many points.
Today we will introduce you in this article how to copy/paste on a Sony Xperia 10 IV? To do this, first of all, we will find out what advantages this Android feature will bring you, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your Sony Xperia 10 IV, first text directly with the internal features of your phone, and finally folders or files using an external application.
What's the point of copying and pasting on a Sony Xperia 10 IV?
We start this tutorial by showing you everyone the advantages of the copy/paste function on a Sony Xperia 10 IV . This feature is as we explained to you originally from laptops, and without it it would be particularly complicated to properly manage your files and different folders.
It will actually give you the possibility like the function cut and paste to select one or more files or folders, to create copies of them in the memory of your Sony Xperia 10 IV and to place them wherever you want. If you perform a copy/paste you keep the original copy in its location, whereas if you perform a cut/paste you will move the file and at the end of the procedure only one version will remain where you pasted it.
This function is really relevant for organizing your files in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Sony Xperia 10 IV to better find yourself in your files.
How to copy/paste on a Sony Xperia 10 IV?
We are moving on to the practical part of this tutorial, and for that, we will first show you how to copy and paste text directly from your Sony Xperia 10 IV, then files or folders using a dedicated application.
How to Copy and Paste Text on Sony Xperia 10 IV
We start by therefore presenting you the particularly easy-to-use procedure which is to copy-paste text on your Sony Xperia 10 IV? The procedure is fortunately very easy, and regardless of the application on which you find the procedure will be exactly the same. 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 Sony Xperia 10 IV 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 see a dialog window open with different possibilities click on "Copy" or "Cut" assuming it is available and that is 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 area
- In the dialog box click on paste option
How to copy and paste files on your Sony Xperia 10 IV
If you want to copy and paste photos, folders or files on your Sony Xperia 10 IV you will need to use a file manager. In principle, all smartphones are now equipped with it by default, however, this is not the situation for all, we have decided to present the procedure to you with Astro, one of the most widespread managers. Note that the technique is substantially the same and that only certain terms or organization of the application differ:
- Open your file manager or download and install Astro on your Sony Xperia 10 IV
- 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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