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| PC Activities - Cut - Copy - Paste
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Text and pictures can easily be moved
or copied from one application to another for
versions
of Windows 95 and greater. When you copy or cut
text or a picture from an application it
is moved to a Windows clipboard, and will remain
there until your computer is shut down
or something else replaces it through another copy
or cut activity.
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Selecting Text |
Blocking
is a term used to describe selecting a section of
text. Move the cursor to the beginning of the text
that you want to select. Holding the left mouse
button down, drag the mouse from the beginning to
the end of the selection. Let go of the left mouse
button. The selected text will be highlighted, or
selected. You are now ready to Cut (move) or Copy
the selected text.
This is the same process you would
use if you wanted to change the font of the text
within a word-processing document that you are
creating. Once it is selected you can change any
characteristics of the font.
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This will work for just about anywhere
that you will find text (words and
numbers). |
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- A word-processing
document that you created
- Text on an
internet page
- A definition from
an encyclopedia
- A recipe
(internet or program)
- E-Mail
- Information on
this page
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*NOTE: Just because
something looks like text (words and
numbers) does not always mean that it is
- especially on the internet. If it is
decorative text, it could be a picture.
An example of this would be Activities
for Kids.com at the top of this page.
This is a picture and would not work
with the block feature. |
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Selecting an image |
To
select a picture or image, simply left click the
image. Refer to the Copy section of this page for
selecting an image that is from an Internet page. |
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Cut |
After
the text or an image has been selected simply press
the Crtl key, and while it is pressed, also press
the X key.
Cut only works on documents that
you have created. You can not cut text or images
from a web page, you can only copy them. |
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Copy |
After
the text or an image has been selected simply press
the Crtl key, and while it is pressed, also press
the C key.
To copy an image from the Internet
web site, select the image by moving your cursor
over the image and right click your mouse button. A
drop down menu will appear. Select copy, and the
image will be copied to the clipboard.
Note - this does not work for all browsers |
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Paste |
After
the text or image has been copied or cut, you can
move to the application that you want the
information to be pasted to. Move the cursor to the
spot where you want the information to appear and
press the Crtl key and the V key. |
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Here are some examples of how
to use copy and paste. |
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Solution |
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You are typing a word
processing document and you would like
to rearrange the information in the
document. |
Select the text that you
would like to move. Press Ctrl X,
move the cursor to where you would like
the text to start, and press Ctrl V to
paste. |
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You would like to include
a picture from Print Shop into your Word
document. |
Either have both
applications open at the same time, or
first open Print Shop. With the
picture displayed on the screen, select
it by clicking your left mouse button.
Press Ctrl C, to copy it to the
clipboard. Open the Word document and
move your cursor where you would like
the picture to appear, and press Ctrl V
to paste. |
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An internet page is very
long. You would like to print some
information from the page, but not the
whole thing. Or the page contains many
pictures and advertisements, that you
don't want to waste your printer ink on. |
Select the text that you
would like to print and press Ctrl C.
Open a word processing document (Notepad
or Wordpad from Accessories works
well). Press Ctrl V to paste to the
document. Then print the document. |
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Your son wants to print
one new Nintendo Cheat that is listed on
the web page with the 5000 that he
already has printed. |
Same process as above. |
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Your son wants to e-mail
a Nintendo Cheat to his friend. |
Select the text that you
would like to send and press Ctrl C.
Open an e-mail and press Ctrl V to paste
the cheat in the text portion of the
e-mail. |
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You want all of your
friends to find the useful information
at www.activitiesforkids.com. |
If you are on a site, and
you would like to e-mail the site's
address to a friend, go to the top of
the screen where the site's URL (web
site address) is listed and select the
address. Press Ctrl C to copy the
address to the clipboard. Open an
e-mail and press Ctrl V to paste the URL
address. |
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Your child likes a Pooh
Bear printable coloring page that she
found on the internet, but wants to
color it using the computer. |
The printable coloring
page is nothing more than one large
image or picture. Position your mouse
over the image and right click your
mouse. When the drop down menu appears,
select copy. From Start - Programs -
Accessories, select Paint. Once the
Paint program is open, Press Ctrl V to
paste the picture. Then use the paint
tools from the Paint application to
color in the picture. |
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