arcgis desktop - Copy single feature into another feature class

I do a lot of editing, in this case areas. Sometimes I add an area to one shapefile, only to realise a bit later that it should have been in another.

Is there an easy way of copying only that polygon into the proper shapefile? Something along the lines of rightclick the row in attribute table, copy and then paste in the next attribute table.

I do know that I can select the polygon and use Append, but this seem unnecessary complicated?

Answer

Have you tried simply copying and pasting features?

You can do this by adding both shapefiles to the map TOC, then choose "Editing-> Start Editing", and choose the DESTINATION shapefile workspace to edit.

Next, choose the "Edit Tool" (small arrowhead by the Editor dropdown), select the SOURCE feature to copy, right-click and choose "Copy".

Right-click and choose "Paste". This will usually bring up a dialog that asks you to "Choose a layer to create feature(s) in". Choose your DESTINATION layer from the Target dropdown box and press "OK".

Finally, choose "Editor-> Stop Editing" and save your edits.