Mr. Stupid here yet again?

Question

OK I know I should know this but I'm Irish and therefore stupid so could somebody PLEASE explain the following.
1) What is cut and paste
2) How do I do it

Answer 1

Cut - your high-lighted text/picture or part of picture is removed from the document to the 'clip board.
Paste then allows you to insert this where ever you want.
Unlike copy which just creats a copy to be pasted

That's how I was able to get somany silly jokes on here so quickly cut & paste from word..
If you do that, watch your spacing on Y/A.

Answer 2

Dear Mr. Stupid .

Cut and paste basically means moving text (or a picture or other object) to a new location. You start by highlighting a selection of text, a picture or any other object defined within a microsoft or apple environment, then "cutting" (which means removing), and then "pasting" which means putting the cut text or object into a new location. the simplest example would be if you have written an email, and you would like to take a sentence and move it to the end of a paragraph. You would click on the left button of your mouse on one end of the text and hold the mouse button down as you drag the cursor across the entire text you wish to move. Then right click on your mouse button, select "cut" then move the cursor to the new location for the text, click the left mouse button to set the cursor in the right location, then right click the mouse button and select "paste". The text will be moved to the new location.

You can also "copy" and "paste" which is the same in principle, except now you are "copying" the text to a new location (or to a new document), instead or moving it. An example would be copying an address from an existing letter and "pasting " it in a new document so that you could create a new letter wthout re-entering the address.

Answer 3

The three functions, copy-cut-paste, behaves in the following manner. I am using a Microsoft Word file as an example.
There is some text you either want to use again without typing it over or is not in the right location.

Copy - This copies the text onto the clipboard. The text you copied stays (it does not become deleted).

Cut - This behaves exactly like Copy, but with one extra function. The text you copied will be deleted from its current location. This text is now on your clipboard. Make sure you use the paste function first before copying something else, as the clipboard will replace the old information with the new. (Unless you are using the Office Clipboard, which I don't)

Paste - This puts the copied text to the location where you want it.

This also applies to moving files within Windows. Think of it like moving files without the mouse.

Answer 4

"Cut and Paste" means "selecting an area of text" (or part of an image or similar things), "removing from where it is and save it" (the "CUT"), "then glue what you selected somewhere else" (the "Paste").
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Seems to me that no-one answered your second question!
How to cut and paste (on a text).
- move the cursor using the mouse to the left side of the text and click your mouse LEFT button down and hold it down.
- move your mouse to the right: the text changes colour. This is the text you are selecting.
- Move the mouse around: every part of text you select has changed colour (blue usually).
- When happy with your selection, release the button:
The text selected stays in colour.
- Now, with the pointer of the mouse WITHIN the text, click the right button: a small menu appears with the options
"Cut", "Copy", "Paste", "Delete".
Move the pointer to what you want to do.. and click RIGHT.
"Cut" will remove the text selected (and save it on the clipboard - somewhere deep in your computer)
"Copy" will copy the text without removing it (on the "clipboard") without removing it .
"Paste" will do nothing at this time.
"Delete" will simply delete the text...
Enjoy experimenting.

Answer 5

hey "Mr Stupid", if everyone knew everything then we wouldn't have yahoo answers, apart from that life would be dull. Cut and paste is very similar to copy and paste, the difference is that if you 'copy' and paste the original that you copy from stays where it is, cut and paste actually 'cuts' the original away, so i guess it moves it from it's origanal place to the place that you want it. highlight the text or object you want to copy or cut, right click it and from the drop down menu select copy or cut, whichever you prefer, now go to where you want the new text or object to appear, right click and from the drop down menu select paste. hope this helps. take care and be safe.

Answer 6

its to put a picture on a web page. you cut it by highlighting the thing you want to cute and paste . Then click the left mouse button on the highlighting. you will see a drop down bar thing. click cut out of the options. Then where ever you want to place that thing click left mouse button again and choose paste there

Answer 7

Its hardly a stupid question,and stupid isnt synominous with the irish anyway! Mmm' cut and paste!! make sure you use a sturdy paste table,and make sure the scissors are sharp!

Answer 8

jim jnr m x this site exists to answer questions so you may be irish but not stupid x (oh have i contradicted myself there!! you know im only joking on that one all my family are irish x im the only one born "over here") x anyway back to the plot ...
everyone will have given you the answer by now so thankyou for the question x

Answer 9

I love the Irish and you are not stupid. I have been told how to do this so many times and I still forget when I need to use it. I usually have to phone my daughter again so she can talk me through it.

Answer 10

I find it easier to just copy and paste rather than cut, that way you do not interfere with the original so if you make a mess of your copy you can go back and get another copy.