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If your application uses an Edit menu, it contains the following choices, with the specified functionality, when the actions are actually supported by your application:  

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Undo 

Reverses the most recently executed action. The mnemonic is U. 

Optional 

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Cut 

Removes the selected portion of data from the client area and puts it on the clipboard. The mnemonic is T. 

Optional 

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Copy 

Copies the selected portion of data from the client area and puts it on the clipboard. The mnemonic is C. 

Optional 

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Copy Link 

Copies a link of the selected portion of data from the client area and puts it on the clipboard. The mnemonic is K. 

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Paste 

Pastes the contents of the clipboard into the client area. The mnemonic is P. 

Optional 

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Paste Link 

Pastes a link of the data represented by the contents of the clipboard into the client area. The mnemonic is L. 

Optional 

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Clear 

Removes a selected portion of data from the client area without copying it to the clipboard and does not compress the remaining data. The mnemonic is E. 

Optional 

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Delete 

Removes a selected portion of data from the client area without copying it to the clipboard. The mnemonic is D. 

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Select All 

Sets the primary selection to be all the elements in a component of the client area. 

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Deselect All 

Removes from the primary selection all the elements in a component of the client area. 

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Select Pasted 

Sets the primary selection to the last element or elements pasted into a component of the client area. 

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Reselect 

Sets the primary selection to the last selected element or elements in a component of the client area. This action is available only in components that do not support persistent selections and only when the current selection is empty. 

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Promote 

Promotes to the primary selection the current selection of a component of the client area. This action is available only for components that support persistent selections. 

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The use of an Edit menu with these common editing operations yields consistency across applications. 

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If your application does not provide an <object-type> or Selected menu, but allows the user to select data within the window and manage settings for the selected data, then it provides a Properties ... choice as the last item in the Edit menu. 

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