Copy & Paste Functions

The copy and paste feature is one of the easiest and most useful fuctions that Windows has to offer. Anyone who has the need to type and retype the same information over and over, or needs to move text from one application to another will appreciate this handy feature.

Follow these three easy steps to copy and paste.

*There are two boxes below the next paragraph that you can use to practice.

Why Do We Copy And Paste?

Example: Chad wants to place an ad on ALL 500 FREE Advertising Web Sites but doesn’t want to retype his ad five hundred times. Instead, he types out his once and then copies and paste’s it into each of the FREE Advertising sites.


To Copy Text:

1. In the box below, take your cursor and click before the letter “T” in the first sentence.
If done correctly, your cursor will blink inside the box where we clicked.

2. Now, press and hold the left mouse button and move the mouse over the text we want to select (this process is called highlighting) and highlight the entire block of text.

This is what highlighted text looks like.

3. We have selected the text we want to copy. Now we need to tell the computer to store this text in its memory so we can paste it.



Your text should still be highlighted.

Go to the Edit menu at the top of your screen and choose Copy. Once you click on the word Copy your highlighted text has been copied.

If you cannot click on Copy your text may not be highlighted.

Try Practicing Using the Text Boxes Below.

To Paste Text:

1. Simply click in the top left corner of the box above.

Your cursor should appear where you clicked.

2. Go back to the Edit menu at the top of your screen and click on PASTE.

If done correctly you should see the text from the top box appear in the box above.

That’s all there is to it!

Now, keep practicing until you have mastered it!

This function can save you a lot of time typing and retyping!

You never know when you may to utilize this handy (and timesaving) feature.

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