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Definition: In Windows, when you put the text, image, or file that you've temporarily stored on the Windows Clipboard into another program, it's called pasting. When you paste something, you're putting it into another place on your computer.
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Keyboard Shortcuts for Cut, Copy, and Paste Functions

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