You certainly know this iconic feature of Windows which has the role of moving files or folders in a very simple way. For a long time it was impossible to perform this on Sony Xperia Ace without the help of specific software, however, it is now possible. And you will find yourself, if you do not already know it, that it will make your life easier in a lot of ways.
We will now show you in this article how to copy / paste on a Sony Xperia Ace? To do this, first of all, we'll explain what advantages this Android feature will bring to you, then how to copy paste or cut paste on your Sony Xperia Ace, first text directly using internal features. from your smartphone, and finally folders or files using an external application.
What will the copy paste function do on a Sony Xperia Ace?
We therefore start this guide by teaching you everyone the Benefits of the copy / paste function on a Sony Xperia Ace . 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 allow you like the function cut and paste select one or more files or folders, create copies in the memory of your Sony Xperia Ace and drop them anywhere you want. If you ever do a copy / paste you keep the original copy in its location, while if you ever do a cut / paste you will move the file and at the end of the technique there will only be one version left. the place where you pasted it.
This function is really relevant to organize files in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Sony Xperia Ace to improve your organization.
How to copy / paste on a Sony Xperia Ace?
We now move on to the practical part of this guide, and to do this, we will first teach you how to copy paste text directly from your Sony Xperia Ace, then files or folders using a dedicated application.
How to copy and paste text on Sony Xperia Ace
We therefore start by showing you the particularly easy-to-use technique which is to to copy and paste text on your Sony Xperia Ace? Fortunately, the technique is very easy, and no matter what application you find the technique is going to be absolutely the same. The only difference will lie in the fact 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 Ace 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" 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, do 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 Ace
If you want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your Sony Xperia Ace you will need to go through a file manager. In the majority of cases all mobile phones are now equipped with it as standard, however, this is not the case for all, we decided to show you the technique with Astro one of the most widespread managers. Note that the methodology is substantially identical and that only certain terms or organization of the application differ:
- Open your file manager or download and install Astro on your Sony Xperia Ace
- 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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