Robbie

Dear Robbie,

Yes, there is an easier way, just use a keyboard shortcut for “Paste Special”.

You can do many common tasks in Power Point, and many other programs using keyboard shortcuts. This makes your work faster and easier.

Once you highlight your text in Word, you can copy the text using the Ctrl + C keyboard combination (hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and press the letter C)

In your Power Point presentation, click where you want the text to go, and use the keyboard combination for paste special which is, Ctrl+Alt+V

While holding down the Ctrl and ALT keys, tap the letter V.

I hope this helps your work go more smoothly.

Elizabeth

Dear Computer Lady,

How to cut and paste with road runner?

Keith

Dear Computer Lady,

I would like to know how to use the cut and paste feature on my Windows 98. 

Joyce

Dear Keith and Joyce,

I have been getting a lot of requests lately for directions on using copy and paste, or cut and paste, so I decided to address this topic once again. 

Before you can cut or copy text, you need to be able to highlight it. There are several ways to do this.

1. Move your mouse to the beginning of your text, hold down the left mouse button and slowly move the mouse to the end of the text. When the text you want to use is highlighted, release the mouse button.

2. With your mouse, click once at the beginning of your text. Hold down the “Shift” key on your keyboard, and click once at the end of the text. Everything between the first click and the second will be highlighted.

3. Using the arrow keys move the cursor to the beginning of your text, hold down the shift key while using the arrow keys to move to the end of your text. This method works well for web pages where the text you want to copy is larger than the screen.

4. Now we will copy what we highlighted. When you copy something, you place it in a part of Windows memory called the clipboard.

5. To do this, you first highlight your text, and then click on “Edit” and “Copy”. Even though you can’t see any changes, you will now have your text on the clipboard. 

6. To paste, you simply click where you want the text to go and click “Edit” and “Paste”.

Lets say that you want to send just this article in an e-mail to your mother. First, you would highlight the article, then click “Edit” and “Copy”. Next, you open a new e-mail and address it to your mom. Now click in the body of the e-mail where you want the article to go, and click “Edit” and “Paste”.

Your article is now in the new e-mail

An even easier way to do this, is to first highlight your text, and then using your keyboard, press Ctrl + C. 

This is the same as “Edit” and “Copy” and you will now have your text on the clipboard. 

To paste, you simply click where you want the text to go and press Ctrl + V.

Not only is it faster and easier to use the keyboard shortcuts, but it works in places where there is no “Edit” menu available. If you can highlight the text, you can usually copy it.

Elizabeth