Tip of the day

Copy and Pasting

Copy and pasting is a common task in the computer world. The great thing is that there are several ways to do this. All of them start off with highlighting the word.

One of the easiest can be found by right clicking the mouse on the selection. A menu will pop up where you can click copy. Then click on the place where you want to paste, and right click again, this time selecting paste.

Another way that is easy is to use keystroke commands. These keystrokes are left over from the time before windows existed and these keystrokes were the easiest way to access many features. They are still around because many people find them useful, even today's age.

The most common keystroke defined by programs is Control-C for copy and Control-V for paste. These are available in almost every program and can be used almost any time. But the one drawback is that these do not always work in forms.

A little known option that is usually defined by the operating system is Control-Insert for copy and Shift-Insert for paste. The advantage to this key combination is that because this one is defined by the operating system, it works in almost all forms. Occasionally this keystroke combination doesn't work, but I find that it works more often than it doesn't.

Have fun copy and pasting!