CUT / COPY / PASTE
CUT / COPY / PASTE
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The time you spend learning to cut, copy and
paste will save you that much time ten times over
everyday you use the internet. Whether it's in
your e-mail or building your website, cut, copy
and paste is an invaluable tool that you will use
all the time and will wonder how you ever got
along without it.
In Other Words |
| NOTE: This tutorial is written for the WebTV wireless keyboard. Wired PC Keyboards usually do not have a Cmd key. On some the Ctrl key will work. Others may have to use the Windows symbol key or Ctrl+Alt keys. |
1.) Before you can cut or copy text it must first
be highlighted. There are two different ways of
doing this. To highlight the entire page hold
the CMD key and hit the A key. Try this now. To
change it back to normal just use CMD+A again.
Go to
step 3 below. If you don't want to copy the
entire
pageand you are on an edit screen like when you
are
writing e-mail, use the SHIFT key with the CURSOR
keys to highlight the desired text by dragging
the
cursor over the text while holding the SHIFT
key. Go
to step 3. For a "read only" page that someone
else
wrote or that you recalled from storage, to
selectively copy text continue with step 2.
2.) Bring up the text you want to copy. Hit the
FIND key and enter the first few words of the
text you want to copy. Hit RETURN. Those words
will be highlighted in the text. Next hold down
the SHIFT key and at the same time use the CURSOR
RIGHT or DOWN key to highlight the rest of the
text you want. DOWN for a line at a time, RIGHT
for a letter at a time. The other two cursor
keys will do just the opposite.
3.) Once the text is highlighted, hold the CMD
key and press "C" key. Nothing visible will
happen but the text has been saved in a
buffer.
4.) Go to the page where you want to paste the
text. This must be an edit page where you have a
blinking cursor. Place the cursor on the page
where you want to paste the new text. Hold down
the CMD key and press "V". The text will
miraculously appear and the cursor will be at the
end of the new text. That's all there is to it
and it only takes seconds. Now, wasn't that
easy?
COMPUTER NOTE: These methods will work on
computers too but use your Ctrl (Control) key in
place of CMD key. Your computer doesn't have a
CMD key.
If you are still having trouble getting the hang
of it try In Other Words for a
different version of the tutorial.
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