Copy and Paste Tutorials

Copy and Paste Tutorials



Even if you know next to nothing about using a computer this is the one simple task you should learn how to do.

This tutorial teaches the easy (but important), skill of "Cut Copy & Paste"

There are several ways to copy and paste but we will learn the way that I use most often. to business

First we will learn how to copy and paste.

1 - Place your mouse pointer in front of the first word of the text you want to copy , your pointer will turn into something that looks like an I. Hold down your left mouse button as you drag your mouse over the selection of text you wish to copy. The block of text will change color as you drag. You can select some or all of the text.

2 - After the text is selected or highlighted, position your cursor over the selected section.

3 - Right click.
4 - A menu will appear near your cursor. Select Copy from this menu.
5 - Move to the document or location where you wish to paste the text .
6 - Position your cursor in the place where you will insert the text or image.
7 - Right click.
8 - A menu will appear near your cursor. Select Paste from this menu. The copied text will appear.

Lets practise copy an pasting.
Open your notepad program and copy and paste this text following the above instructions

Ok now let's learn to cut and paste.

The only difference between copy and cut is that when you cut the text is removed and not just copied but can still be pasted.

1 - Place your mouse pointer in front of the first word of the text you want to copy , your pointer will turn into something that looks like an I. Hold down your left mouse button as you drag your mouse over the selection of text you wish to cut. The block of text will change color as you drag.

2 - After the text is selected or highlighted, position your cursor over the selected section.

3 - Right click.
4 - A menu will appear near your cursor. Select Cut from this menu and the text should be removed or cut from the box.
5 - Move to the document or location where you wish to paste the text .
6 - Position your cursor in the place where you will insert the text or image.
7 - Right click.
8 - A menu will appear near your cursor. Select Paste from this menu. The cut text will appear in this new location.

Practise Cut and Paste
Follow the above directions to cut the text you just copied to your notepad page and paste it to another notepad page.

Congratulations You Have Just Mastered Cut, Copy and Paste Functions!

Now let's put copy and paste to work

Go to your current assignment,data to post or ads to post list
Select the assignment you wish to do
Copy the ad from that assignment to your notepad
Ad your personal page link to the bottom of the ad
Save the note pad file to your computer

Now go to the ad sites list
Click on classifeds (any list)
Click on an adsite link
Copy and paste your ad to the form

That's it now you can place your next ad