How to Use Copy and Paste on Computers
Computers offer several shortcuts that are easy to perform with a couple clicks of the mouse button. One method used often is the copy and paste shortcut to paste information into a Word document, Notepad or email. Copy and Paste will save time and enable multitasking at a faster pace.
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Things You'll Need
- Computer
- A computer mouse
- Open document or note pad to practice
- Leisure time
Instructions
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Open the document or page you wish to copy. Left click on the mouse. Scroll across the text you want to copy. This step will highlight the text. Release mouse button but do not click on the document. The document will remain highlighted.
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Right-click the text with your mouse. A screen will pop up. Scroll down and select "Copy."
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Click on document where text is to be pasted. Right-click on the document and select "Paste." The highlighted text will now appear in document.
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To copy highlighted text using your keyboard, hold down the "Ctrl" and "C" keys on the keyboard.
To paste the text in a document using your keyboard, hold down the Alt and V keys on the keyboard.
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