Editing Microsoft Word (section)

===Spike===
'''Spike''' is a specialized [[cut-and-paste|cut]] command in Microsoft Word. It is named after an implement in restaurants on which receipts are impaled, and similarly sequentially stores data to be pasted and adds them together to the document when the second function step, or paste, is performed. Please note that spiking (CONTROL–F3) performs a cut function, which can be immediately undone to simulate a "copy" command, while the pasting function (SHIFT–CONTROL–F3) will also clear the data from the spike, although this can be avoided by using alternatives to the three-key shortcut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-the-spike-to-cut-and-paste-multiple-items-in-word-f378c7af-5116-4df7-97f1-1a4780e4c8e1|title=Use the Spike to cut and paste multiple items in Word|website=Microsoft|access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref>  <!--I believe it works like printing a queue data structure, but no firm citation.  I think it has been present since at least Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0 (1989). (not able to find source right now) The keyboard shortcut guide for Word for Windows 2.0 that I saw it listed on also called SHIFT-CONTROL-F3 'unspike' but again I did not find a published source.-->