Cut,+Copy,+Paste

Cut, Copy, and Paste

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= = = = = = = Definition: = Three of the most used things on any computer are the cut, copy, and paste buttons. All of them are interrelated and important when making documents, spreadsheets, powerpoints, Facebooking, Tweeting, embedding files, and really anything else you can think of having to do with computers. To cut something is when you cut it out of the space you are working on and put it on you clipboard. To copy is to do the same thing as cut only you leave the original in its place. To paste something is to take what is on your clipboard and to put it where you want it to go. The thing they all have in common is that they all work in some way with the clipboard.

=How to Cut and Copy:= Cutting and copying things are super easy and one of the first things you should learn how to do once you get a computer. To do it, first you click and hold your mouse at the start of what you want to cut/copy. Then you drag the cursor to the end. From there, you right click and a toolbar drops down. On this toolbar, you should find a word that says Cut and a word that says Copy. Click whichever is appropriate and then it is put on your clipboard, simple as that. Note: this can all be done if you click the cut or copy buttons at on the toolbar at the top of the toolbar (they may also be under the edit button)

=How to Paste:= Pasting is pretty much the same as cutting and copying, only opposite. To paste, you first need to have something on your clipboard. Once that is done, bring your mouse cursor to where you want to paste. Once that is done, right click and the toolbar that drops down should have the word Paste somewhere on it. Click it and whatever you have on your toolbar will be implemented into your document or whatever you are working on. Note: this can all be done if you click the paste button at on the toolbar at the top of the toolbar (it may also be under the edit button)

=Screenshot Examples:= If you follow the yellow arrows, you sill see where it says to copy, cut and paste in two areas.

== = = =Video Example:= The following is an overall tutorial on how to cut copy and paste. It uses notebook but it can be used in any word processing program. media type="youtube" key="c66pvfilotA" height="315" width="420"

=Advanced:= There is a way to get around going to your mouse and right clicking. It is called using a shortcut. This shortcut is extremely useful if you are trying to work as efficiently as you can. The shortcut to copying is highlighting what you want to copy and then click and hold "ctrl" and click "c" This will copy what you have highlighted onto your clipboard just like right-clicking. The shortcut for cut is the same as for copy, only you click "x" instead of "c". This is also the same for paste, as long as there is something on your clipboard and instead of "x" or "c" you need to click "v" You **DO NOT** click "p" because that is the shortcut for print.

Paste Special:
Paste Special is an option of paste that will change the format of what you are pasting to fit into your document better. My advice for using this is to see what works best for your project. In Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, if you right click and hover over one of the paste special boxes, it will give you an example of what it will show up to look like. Look at the example before you click anything.

=Internal Links:= Looking at Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel might be useful when you are going to use cut, copy, and paste. Also, embedding HTML uses cut, copy, and paste a lot. =External Links:= The following link goes to Microsoft's help page, where it is specifically talking about cutting, copying and pasting things into Microsoft's products.