Perhaps you'd find a review of the keyboard shortcut section of the help file
illuminating

Ctrl + left mouse button drag DOES copy a cell or range of cells

Ctrl + right mouse button drag gives you a multitude of choices

Ctrl-X and Ctrl-V will MOVE a cell or range of cells



"don_julio_215" wrote:

I find it a chore to re-organize content in cells, cutting and pasting takes
too long, It would be cool if I could for instance use the Alt key to drag
and drop a copy of a cell and maybe the Shift+Alt keys to move content.

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