Go to the Home ribbon (Windows) or the Edit menu (Mac) and choose Cut, Copy or Paste:
Cut
Deletes selected text, index card(s), scene(s) or Beat(s) from the script and moves it / them to the Clipboard. It performs the same function as Command + X (Mac) or Control + X (Windows) on the keyboard.
Cut can be undone. It is active when a range of text is selected. If no text is selected, the Cut command is disabled.
Copy
Copies selected text, index card(s), scene(s) or Beat(s) or Structure Points(s) to the Clipboard. Unlike the Cut command, The Copy command does not delete text from the current location. It performs the same function as Command + C (Mac) or Control + C (Windows) on the keyboard.
Copy can be undone. It is active when a range of text is selected. If nothing is selected, the Copy command is disabled.
Paste
Copies text from the Clipboard into the script. It performs the same function as Command + V (Mac) or Control + V (Windows) on the keyboard.
The text is placed wherever the cursor is located. If a range of text is selected, the pasted text replaces the selection. Pasted text will assume formatting according to the following rules:
- If the text was copied or cut from a Final Draft document, it will retain its formatting characteristics of element type, margins, font styles, etc.;
- Text that is copied or cut from another program will assume the formatting characteristics of the document into which it is being pasted.;*
- If one paragraph or less is pasted, the text will take on the formatting characteristics of the paragraph into which it is pasted. Once the text has been pasted, it may then be reformatted;
- If the paragraph from which the text was copied is an action or dialogue and an entire sentence or more is copied, it will retain its formatting when pasted into an element of a different type;
- If more than one paragraph is pasted, the Paste command attempts to format the text according to its position. Once the text has been pasted, it may be necessary to reformat it using the Reformat command.
To apply a different format to the entire script, see Applying a Template. If the script needs reformatting, see Reformat.
The Paste command places an index card (or cards) or a scene (or scenes) in Scene View at the insertion point.
When a Beat (or Beats) on the Beat Board are cut or copied and then pasted onto the Beat Board, the paste will be in the center of the Beat Board.
When a Beat (or Beats) on the Beat Board are cut or copied and then pasted onto a script page, the title of the Beat will be pasted in at the insertion point as a scene heading and the body of the Beat will be pasted in as action. If multiple Beats are copied or cut and pasted onto a script page, the paste order on the page will correspond to the order in which they were selected on the Beat Board.
Toolbar Cut, Copy and Paste Buttons
You can also use the cut, copy and paste buttons on the customizable toolbar:
To learn about the customizable Toolbar for Mac users watch the following video:
And to learn about the Quick Access Toolbar for Windows users watch this video: