I don't know how to copy and paste. I have had two people explain this to me so fast I couldn't keep up.?

Question

I am a computer r****d. It took me forever to figure how to use this site. So I really need thoroughly simple answers. If some one could walk me through this step by step I'd be ever so grateful. Thank you

Answer 1

Copying and pasting files: Select the file you want to copy, right click it, and then choose "Copy". Then, go to your destination (such as CD, or another drive you want to copy the file to), right click on any empty area, then press "Paste".

Copying and pasting text: Select the text you want to copy, right click on it then choose "Copy". Go to your next destination (i.e. MS-Word page), right click it then choose "Paste".

Answer 2

one way is to hold down your left mouse button, and drag it over whatever text you wanna copy so it highlights it.

then right click it, and a box will pop up, and you click copy.

Then you go to wherever you wanna paste it and right click the area, like a text box or something, and click paste.

There ya go!

Or you can do the same thing, but substitute CTRL C for copy and CTRL V for paste.

Answer 3

ok first u find the text you want to copy

then you click the moue button and drag it over the text, there should now be a gray line over the text

now on top of the text right click and select cop form the pop up menu

to paste go to and emtpy page or notepad and right click and hit paste in the pop up windows

Answer 4

Highlight text, hit CTRL + C, put cursor in paste area, hit CTRL + V.  Other ways of cp'ing:

-right click and select copy or paste

-go to Edit > Copy and Edit > Paste in the menu

-If you are using a Mac it will be the weird windows-like key instead of the CTRL key

To highlight, drag your curosr over the item or text while holding down the mouse button.

Answer 5

ok

the copy something you click the leftt mouse button and go over the text so that it is highlighted.  then let go of the mouse key and hold down the control (ctrl) button and the "c" button together

-you have just copied the highlighted text-

then, go to wherever you are going to paste that text and click your mouse where you want it to be, then hold down the control button and the "v" button...it should paste

--hope it helped--

Answer 6

you even don't know how to copy and paste ??

then how you manage to get on level 3 ??

something is wrong with either you or your question  

Answer 7

Okay, so my mom is also very poor at the computer. So, there are a couple ways to copy and past.

1) Left-click and drag to highlight then right-click and press "Copy". Then right-click wherever you want to paste it and click "Paste".

or

2) Left-click and drag to highlight again and press and hold "ctrl+c" then go to wherever you want paste it and press and hold "ctrl+v"

The 2nd way is alot easier for me and it'll make your life a whole lot easier knowing how to do this.

Answer 8

highlight what you want and hold down CONTROL + C to copy, then whenever or wherever you want to paste it hold down CONTROL + V to paste...the plus symbols simply mean AND. Not CONTROL, PLUS SYMBOL AND C. Or do it the slightly slower way by highlighting what you want to copy and right click and hit COPY. and the same goes for PASTE. go where you want to paste it and right click then click on PASTE. Hope that clears it up for you

Answer 9

if its a picture...right click on it and left click copy. then in the area or program that its possible to paste, right click and left click paste..

if its text, highlight it by clicking and holding the left clicking the begginngig of where you want to start highlighting and relsease it when you want to stop. then right click and click copy.

another shortcut to copy is ctrl c

another shortcut to paste is ctrl v

Answer 10

Control C (copy)

Control V (paste)

Answer 11

Place your arrow where you want to start copying.

Left click and keep it held down while dragging to the end point of what you want to copy and then release your finger from the mouse.

Right click somewhere in the highlighted portion.  Another window should come up with the word "copy" in it.

Click on Paste.

Then go to the place where you want to copy and right click again.

Another window should come up with the word "paste"  Click on paste and it should insert the text.

Answer 12

Highlight the text you want to copy/paste by left clicking your mouse next before the first and after the last work you want to copy/paste. While continuing to hold down the left mouse button, drag your cursor over everything you want and stop when you have gotten everything you want to copy/paste. (It will be highlighted, usually by a black bar behind the words). Next hold down "CTRL" and "C" at the same time. You have just copied the text. To paste, click where you want the text to go (it has to go in a text box such as an email or word document). Press "CTRL" and "V". You have just pasted it. You can also right click the tex you have highlighted and a menu will come up. Click "COPY". To paste, right click the mouse where you want your text to go and the same menu will appear. Click "PASTE". Ny the way, this works with pictures also.

Answer 13

I personally think it's funny how the one answer - Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V just grew from the first answer to the one above me...

I think you know what your answer is now. ;)

Answer 14

If you need to copy and paste text, simply highlight the text you need to copy. To highlight the text, place your cursor at the beginning of the text, press and hold the mouse button, and glide over the text you need. It should be highlighted in blue. Then you can either press the control key [Ctrl] and [C], or right click the highlighted text and choose the copy function from the drop-down menu.

When you want to paste the text, place the cursor where you want to insert the text, and press either the control key [Ctrl] and [V], or right click and choose the paste function. That should insert the text you chose to copy.

If you're looking to copy and paste a picture or item(i.e. shortcut.folder, etc.) Simply click the item once, right click, and choose copy. When you want to paste it, simply place your cursor where you want to past, and either press the control key [Ctrl] and [V], or right click and choose paste.

Answer 15

Well, this is very easy. First, select the file you want to copy and right click on the mouse and select copy or alternatively you can press ctrl+c, which is the shortcut for copy. Then go to the location you want to paste and again right click the mouse and click paste or alternatively you can press ctrl+v. If you want to move a file instead of copying, just cut the file for which the shortcut is ctrl+x. Hope this helps you out.

Answer 16

first you select the work you want to copy next you click the right side of the mouse then scroll down to copy after that you paste it where ever you want to like on microsoft word or something...

I HOPES THIS WORKS!!!

Answer 17

start/turn off computer

Answer 18

Step away from the computer.  Use paper and pencil.

Answer 19

To copy and  paste all you do is left click on what you are going to 'copy'.This 'highlights' it.then right-click ,go to copy,then put t where you want it ,then click paste.

Answer 20

1.put cursor in front of where you want to copy

2. left click and drag blue box until all you want to copy is blue

3.Right click anywhere on box and choose copy

4. Put cursor where you want to paste something

5. right click and choose paste.

Answer 21

To copy and paste, right click something and a menu will pop up.  in that menu, there should be copy.  Click it.  Then go to a place like a text box and paste it by right clicking again and choosing paste in the menu.  If you are on a Mac (the computers with the apples on them and such) just drag and drop.

Answer 22

Put the cursor on the section you want to copy starting point is left to right. Hold down the shift key and use the right arrow key. To highlight what you would like to copy.  Go to the top of the doucment and hit the edit section. The menu falls down see the paste button click it. You can do the same for copy. I hope this helps good luck.  

Answer 23

Place the pointer (cursor) of your mouse at the top left of whatever you want to copy. Click once and hold, drag the mouse over the entire part you want to copy and it will highlight it (blue). Let go of mouse button and place cursor over blue area. Right click blue area and then left click "copy"

Now right click where you want to paste and click paste

Answer 24

Whatever file you want to copy and paste

1) Right click on file scroll down to COPY left click it

2) Go to where you want to paste it Right click scroll down to PASTE left click and paste it

EG:

1) Picture  in Photo folder right click picture scroll down to Copy left click COPY

2) go to folder Family Photos right click scroll down to Paste left click PASTE and picture is in folder " Family Photos "

I hope this is good enough to explain it