How to Copy and Paste

 

 

COPY AND PASTE USING THE MOUSE

  • 1. Put the mouse at the beginning of what you want to copy and click the left mouse button, holding it down while you drag over the section.
  • 2. Drag across or down. At the end of what you want copied, let go of the mouse button.
  • 3. What you want to copy should be highlighted!
  • 4. While it's highlighted, hold down the Ctrl key and hit the letter "c". This copies the highlighted part to an invisible clipboard.
  • 5. Now go to where you want to paste it. Put the cursor on that spot by clicking the left mouse button once. Now hold down the Ctrl key and hit the letter "v" to paste what you copied.
  • 6. If you want to move text from one place to another, highlight the text then hold down the Ctrl key and hit the letter "x". Click on the place you want to move it to, hold down the Ctrl key and hit the letter "v" to paste it in the new place.
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    HIGHLIGHTING USING THE KEYBOARD

  • 1. Put the cursor at the beginning of what you want to copy by clicking there once with the left mouse button.
  • 2. Now hold down the Shift key and use either the arrow keys, the Home key or the End key to highlight.
  • 3. The arrow keys are self-explanatory.
  • 4. Holding down the Shift key and then hitting the Home key will highlight from the cursor to the beginning of a line.
  • 5. Holding down the Shift key and then hitting the End key will highlight from the cursor to the end of a line.
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