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Harford Area Webelos Guide - Leader Tips |
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Copy & Paste (Windows Users) |
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Paste and Cut: With a little knowledge, it's a simple matter to copy pieces
from a website (e.g., your favorite jokes, cheers, songs, or skits from our Fun page) to your word processor.
- Minimize your browser by clicking on the _ at the top right-hand side of this form. It will show the
webpage name at the bottom of this screen. If you point to it and left-click on it, Windows will open
this browser page again. Don't do it now, though.
- Open your favorite word processor (e.g., Word, WordPerfect, or Notepad)
- Maximize this browser page again by pointing to it's rectangular window at the bottom of the
screen and left-clicking on it.
- Find a joke or something you want to copy. Move the cursor to the beginning of the line
and click the left mouse button...hold the left-button down and slide the cursor to the end of the
joke or story, etc. All the text between your starting and ending points will be highlighted.
- Hold down the CTRL key and hit C to copy this text into memory (Clipboard); nothing will appear to happen
on the screen but don't be alarmed.
- Maximize your word processor by clicking on it's rectangle at the bottom of the screen. Then
position the cursor where you want your text...hold down the CTRL key and hit V to paste the text from memory
(Clipboard). Your text will be transferred into the word processing document you have open.
- You can continue to hit CTRL and V; it will copy the contents of memory (Clipboard) each time until
something new is copied into memory. So, if you need to put the same text in several different places,
just reposition your cursor and hit CTRL and V in each place.
In this manner, scout leaders could quickly copy a song from this or any other website into their
favorite word processing package, hit Print, fill in the number of copies, and print a copy of this
song for every scout in their den or pack...all in a minute or two!
Leaders could use this technique to quickly prepare newsletters, skits, driving directions, and similar handouts.
NOTE: Alternatively, you can click on Edit in the top menu and Copy to copy text into the Clipboard
and Edit in the top menu and Paste in lieu of CTRL C ad CTRL V, respectively. [In case you're wondering
why these geniuses didn't use CTRL and P for Paste, they had already used that key combination in MS-DOS to toggle
printing on and off.]