Roz’s Tidbits

Looking at computer short cuts, the mouse has several sub-menus that pop-up when right clicked. The mouse menus covered in this E-tip are related to the Microsoft Windows environment.
Copy & Paste Text:  this moves text from one place to another.

1.       Move your mouse pointer to the left of the text on a page and left click. The cursor is now blinking at that point.

2.       Hold down the left button of your mouse and pull down until the text is highlighted that you would like to copy.

3.       Let go of the button and the text should stay highlighted. If not repeat steps 1 & 2.

4.       Move the mouse arrow over the highlighted area once again and right click. [Here is your mouse sub-menu] Scroll down and click on Copy.

5.       The text is now stored on your computers Clipboard, kind of like a sticky note. It can be pasted in an email, to Notepad or in an MS Word document. Let’s paste our text in an email. The area where you begin typing your email is where you will paste the text that is on the Clipboard.

·        Right click

·        Scroll down to the word Paste and click

·        Now the text is pasted in your email once you get the hang of it, you will love this feature!

 NOTE: Always assume a click means the left button on your mouse unless specified otherwise.

Highlight text and Print: Is there a portion of text that you would like to print out? The mouse sub-menu comes in handy for this one.

1.       highlight some text on a web page

2.       right click on highlighted text, click on Print

3.       under Page Range, click Selection

4.       click Apply and Print

Have any questions about this Tidbit for Roz? Roz@rozdesignz.com

The next Tidbit will cover some shortcuts in Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. 

Happy Clicking! Roz