You can copy or move a story (story: Text that's contained within a single text box or a chain of linked text boxes.) to another document or to another location in the same document. You must include all the linked text boxes in a story.
- Switch to print layout view (Print Layout view: A view of a document or other object as it will appear when you print it. For example, items such as headers, footnotes, columns, and text boxes appear in their actual positions.).
- Select the first text box in a story. To do this, move the pointer over the border of the text box until the pointer becomes a four-headed arrow, and then click the border.
- Hold down SHIFT and select each additional text box you want to copy or move.
- On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), click Copy
or Cut 
.
- Click where you want to copy or move the text boxes.
- On the Standard toolbar, click Paste
.
Note To copy or move some text from a story without copying the text box, select the text you want, and then copy or cut it. Do not select the text box.
