Electronic device and method for editing documents

A computer-based method for editing documents for an electronic device being executed by at least one processor of the electronic device, the method comprising:

• displaying an interface showing a first electronic document comprising an insertion area having a first size;
• determining whether a touch operation applied on the interface showing the first electronic document is an editing operation;
• adjusting the insertion area based on the touch operation if the touch operation is the editing operation to a second size that is different from the first size;
• and
• locating a selected object on the adjusted insertion area if the selected object is moved toward and overlapping the adjusted insertion area, wherein the selected object is a copy of an object displayed on an interface showing a second electronic document.

A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, causes the processor to perform a documents editing method, wherein the method comprises:

• displaying an interface showing a first electronic document comprising an insertion area having a first size;
• determining whether a touch operation applied on the interface showing the first electronic document is an editing operation;
• adjusting the insertion area based on the touch operation if the touch operation is the editing operation to a second size that is different from the first size;
• and
• locating a selected object on the adjusted insertion area if the selected object is moved toward and overlapping the adjusted insertion area, the selected object being a copy of an object displayed on an interface showing a second electronic document.