Windows Clipboard

This should really be under the heading of "Copy And Paste." Copying and pasting is merely a way of moving something from one place to another. The most common thing moved around with this technique is text. You have a program on your computer that you can't see. It's called a "Clipboard." It is there for one purpose only; to hold the text (or graphic, or whatever else you're moving) as long as you need.

The catch is, the clipboard will only hold that text until another block of text is placed on it. It only holds one clipping at a time. Let's say you've typed out a letter to your mother in your Windows Notepad. Now, you're ready to move it to your e-mail program to send it. To do this, you need to first "Copy" it to your clipboard. To copy the text, place your mouse at the beginning of the text you want to copy. Hold down your left mouse button and drag the cursor to the end of the text. Lift up your finger. The entire text will be highlighted.

To save it to your clipboard, or "Copy" it, you can do one of two things. You can go to the top of your screen and click EDIT | COPY. Or you can hold down CTRL + C on your keyboard. Now, although it seems like nothing happened, it did. The highlighted text has been placed on your Windows Clipboard. Don't believe me? You can view it. Click on START | PROGRAMS | ACCESSORIES | SYSTEM TOOLS | CLIPBOARD VIEWER. See?

Now, to put the text into your e-mail program, or wherever else you want to move it to, you need to "Paste" it. Go to wherever you want to paste the text in. Click your mouse where you want the text to start. To paste the text, you can do one of two things. You can click on EDIT | PASTE or you can hit CTRL + V on your keyboard. While this sounds very confusing, it's really not. Once you've done it once or twice, you'll be a pro.