# Phone questions?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-questions/611604>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 3, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-questions/611604 "2012-02-03T01:25:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-questions/611604/1 "2012-02-03T01:25:13Z")

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I have an android 3g.  
Can I add a link?  
Cut and paste?  
I think not but am willing to learn.

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**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-questions/611604/2 "2012-02-03T01:46:27Z")

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To you copy and paste stuff you have to “long press” which is to say, touch with your fingertip and hold down. Then a menu will come up after a second or so and it’ll have some options for you, including copy and paste. This will allow you to add a link, I guess, I don’t really know what you mean by add a link other than to paste one.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-questions/611604/3 "2012-02-03T01:57:51Z")

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You can build the link using [url =] [/ url] (without the spaces) but it’s a complete pain to do, and requires multiple keyboard menus and trying to place the cursor, which I find fiddly. But if you long-click a URL in the address bar of the browser it will give you an option to copy that. You can then go and long-click wherever you want to paste it.

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**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-questions/611604/4 "2012-02-03T02:14:27Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=7633477](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=7633477)

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**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-questions/611604/5 "2012-02-03T02:17:17Z")

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Thanks, that was easy.