Earl asked:
* not sure what copy to clip board means Earl and others, For many people, just the short description will bring to mind what I meant but, heavens, I am always bumping into new-to-me little features of computers even though I've done computer tech support for many years. To copy to the clipboard means copy the text, picture or both from one place into an imaginary clipboard in the computer, then paste it into a different spot. The different spot can be in the same document, a different document or in an entirely different program. With modern computers (all I think), it's possible to highlight a block of text by click-sweeping the mouse over it. Usually, you start at one end of the text block, press and hold the primary mouse button and sweep the mouse to the other end of the block of text. With the block highlighted that you want, you then release the mouse button and the block stays highlighted. At this point, you can copy the text to the imaginary "clipboard" (really a hidden memory location in the computer). In virtually all programs, there's an <edit> option on one of the top lines of the program and, inside the <edit> menu will be the options <copy>, <cut>, <paste> and <delete>. When you have a block of text (or picture or both) highlighted, these choices will work on the highlighted text. <copy> will copy the highlighted item to the clipboard and leave the original where it was <cut> will copy the highlighted item to the clipboard and cut it (delete it) from the original location <paste> will insert the clipboard item into the spot where your cursor currently is. <delete> will delete the highlighted item and it's gone - it is not copied to the clipboard. On Windows computers, shortcut keys can do these same things - as before, you first highlight the text. <copy> cntl-c <cut> cntl-x <paste> cntl-v (Think of the V as an arrow poking the clipboard items into the current cursor location <delete> delete key This also applies to pictures. For example, you can right-click on most pictures and select copy (or copy image) from the menu then paste it into another document. As an example, here's a weather picture from my web browser I just used for a copy and paste example: Y'all have fun out there. Ed
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