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How To Cut and Paste

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The cut and paste function allows you to cut out, replace, or rearrange any highlighted text or data. To highlight text, move the cursor to the beginning of what you want to select. Hold down the left mouse button and move the cursor over the text you want to highlight. Once you have highlighted the part you want, release the left mouse button. Then you can copy or cut the highlighted section and paste it somewhere else. If you are writing a family newsletter and want to move the upcoming birthday list from the bottom to the top, highlight the paragraph, copy, cut, and then paste it at the top of your document. Simply click Edit in any Windows application, or right click on the highlighted section, and choose the appropriate command. You can cut and paste any text or data from one Windows application to another. The copied information is held on the clipboard until you press paste.

Here are the keyboard shortcuts if you prefer.

Control + X
This command cuts out any highlighted text or data.

Control + C
This command copies any highlighted text or data.

Control + V
This command pastes any copied text or data from the clipboard to any open application. Position your cursor where you want the text to appear.

You can also print the highlighted section by clicking on file, print and choosing selection. This is great if there is a part of an e-mail or web page you would like to print without printing the whole letter or page. A real ink saver!