To cut or copy text, highlight the desired text in your
word processing document. To do this, place your cursor at
the beginning of the text, hold down the left mouse button and drag until
the text you want is highlighted. When you reach the end, release
the mouse button.
NOTE: If you don't highlight all the text you want to cut or copy,
you can't just go back and "add" text to the highlighted area. You have
to click your mouse outside the highlighted text and start over again.
Your highlighted text should look something like this:
Outstanding track record as a
major account manager capable of driving profitability through innovative
marketing strategies and astute contract negotiations. Proven ability
in developing focused sales and marketing plans to secure major accounts.
Effective at implementing procedures to recruit, hire and train sales representatives.
Excellent ability to motivate distributors to achieve profitability.
Exceptional sales, management, and team-building skills.
What is the difference between "cutting" and "copying"?
When you "cut" text, you remove it from its original location. For instance,
if you drag a hyperlink onto your email page, but it ends up in a different
place than where you anticipated it would be. At that point, you would want
to "cut" it out of wrong location and paste it where it belongs.
When you "copy" text, you leave the original text where it is and make a copy of the same text somewhere else. If you want to paste your resume into the body of an email, for instance, you don't want to completely remove it from the source document; you just want to copy it into the email.
Cutting
Once the desired text is highlighted cut your text using
one of the following methods:*
* These instructions work for Microsoft Word for Windows. If you
have a different word processing program, the process may or may not be
similar to these instructions.
1.
Make
sure the desired text is still highlighted. Go to the menu bar, click on Edit.
Holding the mouse button down, drag to select Cut.
The text is now in memory and can be pasted into place.
2.
Make sure the desired text is
still highlighted. You may use a keyboard shortcut by holding down
the Ctrl key and then pressing X key. Do not release
the Ctrl key until you have finished pressing and releasing the
X key. The text is now in memory and can be pasted
into place.
3.
Make sure the desired text is
still highlighted. Hold your mouse cursor over the highlighted text
and click the RIGHT mouse button. A submenu will appear, and you
can drag your mouse to select Cut. The text is now in memory
and can be pasted into place.
4.
Make
sure the desired text is still highlighted. Click on the Cut
icon on the toolbar (shown outlined in red at the right). The text
is now in memory and can be pasted into place.
Copying
Once the desired text is highlighted, copy your text
using one of the following methods:*
* These instructions work for Microsoft Word for Windows. If you
have a different word processing program, the process may or may not be
similar to these instructions.
1.
Make sure the desired text
is still highlighted. Go to the menu bar, click on Edit.
Holding the mouse button down, drag to select Copy. The
text is now in memory and can be pasted into place.
2.
Make sure the desired text
is still highlighted. You may use a keyboard shortcut by holding
down the Ctrl key and then pressing C key. Do
not release the Ctrl key until you have finished pressing the
C key. The text is now in memory and can be pasted
into place.
3.
Make sure the desired text is
still highlighted. Hold your mouse cursor over the highlighted
text and click the RIGHT mouse button. A submenu will appear,
and you can drag your mouse to select Copy. The text
is now in memory and can be pasted into place.
4.
Make
sure the desired text is still highlighted. Click on the Copy
icon on the toolbar (shown outlined in red at the right). The
text is now in memory and can be pasted into place.
When you either cut or copy something, it is placed on the "clipboard." The clipboard is a special area of memory set aside to hold text or objects you want to
move or paste to another place. You may only hold one thing on the clipboard
at a time (unless you are using Office 2000), but you may paste it as many times as you like while it is there. Once you copy something to the clipboard, you must paste it before you copy anything
else. When you copy a different item, it replaces whatever was on the clipboard previously.
Pasting
Once your text is copied to the clipboard, click the
left mouse button to set your cursor where you want the text pasted.
You may paste in one of several ways:*
1.
Make sure your cursor
is set where you want your text pasted. Go to the menu
bar, click on Edit. Holding the mouse button down,
drag to select Paste. Your text will appear where your
cursor was set.
2.
Make sure your cursor
is set where you want your text pasted. You may use a
keyboard shortcut by holding down the Ctrl key and then
pressing V key. Do not release the Ctrl
key until you have finished pressing the V key.
Your text will appear where your cursor was set.
3.
Make sure your cursor
is set where you want your text pasted. When your mouse
cursor has been set, click the RIGHT mouse button. A submenu
will appear, and you can drag your mouse to select Paste.
Your text will appear where your cursor was set.
4.
Make sure your cursor is set where you want your text pasted.
Click on the Paste icon on the toolbar (shown outlined
in red at the right). Your text will appear where
your cursor was set.
