elderly computer novice would like to learn how to cut & paste. thank you gerry?

Answer 1

There are several ways to accomplish this, depending on what is most comfortable for you. This looks a little overwhelming, but remember it's actually three different ways. Read through and try each of them to find out what works best for you.

First, select the text (or object) you want. You can do this by click the left mouse button at either the beginning or end of the section, holding the button down, and dragging until you get to the other end. (If you are selecting a long text or one that starts at the beginning of a paragraph, sometimes it's easier to start at the end and go to the beginning.) The text should now be white with blue shading around it. Let go of the mouse button and it will stay shaded.

You can also select text by left clicking once at the beginning or ending of your text so the cursor starts blinking there. Go to the other end of the text, scrolling if necessary. Hold your Shift key down and left click once at the other end. This is easiest if you have trouble controlling the mouse in small movements, or if you're doing a large section of text.

If you want to select one word, you can just double left click on the word. Anything more than one word gets tricky, because different programs work differently. In some cases, triple left clicking will select a paragraph or a line.

If you select some text and it's wrong, just start over. Left click the mouse once somewhere - anywhere - to remove the highlighting, then try again.

Next, decide if you want to CUT or COPY the selection. If you are removing it from one location and placing it somewhere else, you want to cut. If you want to duplicate the information somewhere else, you want to copy. There are several methods, so choose whichever one works best for you. All of these methods have to be done while the text or object you want to cut or copy is highlighted.

You can right click (click the right mouse button) on the highlighted selection. A list of options will come up, including cut and copy. Left click the one you want.

You can use your keyboard and hit CTRL-C (control button and C key at the same time - I usually hold the control button down and then press C) if you want to copy, or CTRL-X if you want to cut.

You can also click Edit from the menu at the top of your your window. A list will come up including Cut and Copy. Left click the one you want. If the list doesn't include thise choices, there may be an arrow at the bottom of the column indicating that there are more options. Left click the arrow to see more, or just wait a few seconds and the full list will appear. This list changes as you use the options. If you do it this way, eventually Cut, Copy and/or Paste will become one of the choices shown when you first click Edit.

All of these methods copy the selected text to the clipboard. In some applications a window will pop up at the left showing what you've copied to the clipboard - personally, I hate the thing, and just ignore it.

Now it's time to paste. You can do so with all of the same methods you used to cut or copy. Using your mouse, left click in the spot you want to paste the text. The cursor will begin blinking there.

Option 1 - right click the mouse and left click on Paste from the list that pops up.
Option 2 - on the keyboard, press CTRL-V (the letters X for cut, C for copy, and V for paste are all right next to one another. Think of the V as a pointer and it's a little easier to remember).
Option 3 - left click Edit at the top of your window and left click on Paste.

You can mix and match - for example, highlight the text, CTRL-X to cut it, put the cursor where you want it, right click the mouse, and select Paste. You don't have to do all keyboard or all mouse or all menu.

Answer 2

For most Windows applications, cut and paste can be achieved in a few steps. For most applications, "cut" is done by pressing the Control (or Ctrl) key and the letter "X" (or Ctrl+X) simultaneously, and "paste" is done by pressing Control key and the letter "V" (Ctrl+V) simultaneously.

For most applications wherein you are cutting text, you may have to "select" or highlight first the text you wish to copy, before pressing the key combination. "Selecting" can be done by pressing and holding the mouse from the point you wish to start cutting to the last point where you wish to end it (the text you're cutting and/or pasting).

Alternatively, after selecting/highlighting the thing you wish to cut and paste, you may click Edit > Cut from the Menu bar to perform a "cut", and Edit > Paste to do a "paste".

Answer 3

Highlight the text you want to cut and press . To paste it press

Answer 4

a million/ 'decide on' the text cloth you desire to circulate. you're able to try this by making use of shifting the mouse over the text cloth whilst protecting the left-click button pressed down. 2/ press the 'administration' button and the letter x on the comparable time to decrease. 3/circulate the cursor to the place you like the text cloth and this time hit the administration button and the letter v.

Answer 5

keyboard useage - to copy and paste
click on what you want to copy, when it turns blue, click ctrl c to copy and ctrl v to paste

Answer 6

Just look at the answer from swbiblio....beautiful. No need to say any more.

Answer 7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut_and_paste