Well, for what it's worth, which may not be very much, I don't remember such a 
double tap and hold sidebar. It would've been good. But if it ever existed, it 
floated right by me.
Mary


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> On Dec 21, 2016, at 9:41 PM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Mary. I must have dreamed that you could do a single finger double 
> tap and hold to bring up a floating sidebar menu that would allow you to copy 
> selected text. If I've ever gotten such a thing to work, it's not working 
> anymore so I'll stick to the rotor edit option.
>  
> Alan
>  
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> Mary Otten
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 11:01 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Copying and Pasting in iOS
>  
> Hi Alan,
> If I understand you correctly, you will need to use the rotor, but it's not 
> that far to go to the edit setting, where you can flick to find copy if it 
> isn't already selected choice. Double tap and you're good to go.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Dec 21, 2016, at 8:25 PM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello List,
>  
> I know we've seen improvements in selecting text on our iPhones with the 
> introduction of the Text Selection rotor item a couple of versions back. 
> However, I still have trouble after I've selected the text with copying and 
> pasting it to the desired location. What is the easiest next step after the 
> text is highlighted to copy it? I thought a shortcut gesture existed that 
> would bring up a copy option so I wouldn't have to rotor to the edit option 
> and get copy from it but I'm not having any luck finding it.
>  
> Any help that can be suggested will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>  
> Alan Lemly
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