You certainly know this legendary feature of Windows which consists of moving data or folders very simply. For a long time it was impossible to do it on Sony Xperia 8 without using specific software, however, it is now possible. And you will find yourself, if you do not already know it, that it will simplify your life in many ways.
Today we will show you in this article how to copy / paste on a Sony Xperia 8? In this context, first, we will find out what advantages you will have using this Android feature, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your Sony Xperia 8, first of all text directly with the internal operations of your smartphone, and, finally, files or data using an external application.
What is the point of copy paste on a Sony Xperia 8?
We start by therefore this article by showing you everyone the advantages of the copy / paste functionality on a Sony Xperia 8 . This functionality is, as you were told originally, from computers, and without it it would be extremely complicated to properly manage your files and different folders.
It will actually let you like the feature cut and paste select one or more files or folders, create copies in the memory of your Sony Xperia 8 and drop them anywhere you want. In the event that 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 there will only be one version where you pasted it.
This feature is really handy for organizing your data in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Sony Xperia 8 to improve your organization.
How to copy / paste on a Sony Xperia 8?
We now go to the practical part of this article, and to do this, we will first show you how to copy paste text directly from your Sony Xperia 8, then files or folders using a dedicated application.
How to copy and paste text on Sony Xperia 8
We start by showing you the particularly simple procedure to use which is to copy and paste text on your Sony Xperia 8? Fortunately, the procedure is very simple, and whatever application you find the procedure is going to be exactly the same. The only difference will be that on a number of 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 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 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 area
- In the dialog box select the paste option
How to copy and paste files on your Sony Xperia 8
If you ever want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your Sony Xperia 8, you will need to go through a file manager. In principle, all smartphones are now equipped with it as standard, however, this is not the case for all, we have chosen to show you the procedure with Astro, one of the most used managers. Note that the methodology is substantially similar and that only certain terms or organization of the application differ:
- Open your data manager or download and install Astro on your Sony Xperia 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
- Click on "Copy to" and choose the destination directory of the file or folder
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