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How to Copy and Paste Text

I use this easy copy-and-paste action often; for example, for copying a bit of text or a whole article or for copying a web address and pasting it into my browser's go bar.

  1. Highlight the text to be copied by doing one of the following:
    • Drag the cursor over the text while holding down the left mouse button;
    • Or move the cursor over the text using your keyboard arrow keys while holding down the Shift key on your keyboard.

  2. Copy the text by doing one of the following:
    • Right click on your mouse; then select Copy;
    • Or select Edit (probably at the very top of your screen); then select Copy;
    • Or on your keyboard, press c while pressing Ctrl.

  3. Open a blank page on which you would like to copy the text. You can open, for example, Notepad, WordPad, Word or another word processor, or a blank e-mail;

  4. Paste the text by doing one of the following:
    • Right click on your mouse; then select Paste;
    • Or select Edit (probably at the very top of your screen); then select Paste;
    • Or on your keyboard, press v while pressing Ctrl.