The Edit Menu

The Edit menu (Figures 32 and 33) includes commands for modifying the contents of a document. Here's a quick list of the commands you're likely to find, along with their standard keyboard equivalents:

• Undo () reverses the last editing action you made.

• Redo () reverses the last undo.

• Cut () removes a selection from the document and puts a copy of it in the Clipboard.

• Copy () puts a copy of a selection in the Clipboard.

• Paste () inserts the contents of the Clipboard into the document at the insertion point or replaces selected text in the document with the contents of the Clipboard.

• Clear or Delete removes a selection from the document. This is the same as pressing when document contents are selected.

• Select All () selects all text or objects in the document.

Figure 32 & 33. The Edit menus for TextEdit (top) and Address Book (bottom).

Tips

• Not all Edit menu commands are available in all applications at all times.

• Edit menu commands usually work with selected text or graphic objects in a document.

• Most Edit menu commands are discussed in greater detail in Chapter 9, which covers TextEdit.