Genealogy Chat

in very simple terms how do i cut and paste. I'v been useing a computer for 6 yrs and never tried. Thank's in advance, sorry i'm so dim. Gill

Highlight what you want - using the mouse Go to top left of page and click edit, then choose copy and click. Then go to where you want to put the info, click to put your cursor on the page. Then go again to edit and click on paste. Easy peesy!! (I hope) Dea x

Hello Gill Left click at start of the text/picture Holding the button down scroll all the way across and down to the bottom of the text/picture you want to copy. Let go of the left button. Click the right button. A list will come up. Click copy. Go to where you want to put the text/picture. Click the right button. The list will come up again. Click on paste. Hope it works for you Snowdrops

Hi Gill, Go to the section that you want to cut (or copy to somewhere else) and highlight it by placing the cursor at the start of it then holding the left mouse button down and dragging the cursor to the end of the section you want. The words will all get highlighted as you move down the page. Release the left mouse button. Go to the tool bar at the top and click on edit, then select cut (or copy) Now go to where you want to paste that section and position the cursor there. Go back to the tool bar: edit, then paste and it should appear! Janice

Thank's Dea, going to print that off and practice. Gill

Thank's all will print it all out Gill

A couple more tips: to highlight a single word, just double-click on it with your mouse. To cut and paste much more quickly, using your keyboard instead of your mouse, highlight the text as the others have explained, then: - to copy text, press the CTRL key, keep it pressed down, and press C, then release both keys. - to paste the text you've just copied, click with your mouse at the point where you want to insert the copied text, press the CTRL key, keep it pressed down, press V, then release both keys. To delete text, highlight it, then: - press the CTRL key, keep it pressed down, press X, then release both keys.

Mary, thankyou for your help, have printed it out just need to practice now.you are all liable to see some pretty stange things on this board in future. lol Gill

Following on from the double-click to highlight a word... In some software a triple-click gets a whole line highlighted - and four or three (can't remember which - thought four, but it seems a lot) can get a paragraph. Basically the multiple clicks toggle through the options. using key-strokes... Control (or on Apple Macs, Command) + A selects everything - think ''A for All''. Control + C = copy Control + X (like scissors) = cut Control + V (like arrow pointing down) = paste Christine

Thank's Chistine, Have sucsessfully sent my cousin 1841 census, I cut and pasted off ancestry and sent it by e-mail, useing Dea's way.whoopee. Will try the other way now. Gill

Gill, If you are sending an Ancestry image - there is another way. I think it is top right of the image - It says save image ??? Save it to 'my pictures' or something, then You can write an e-mail and at the top - click on insert - File - my pictures - find what you have named, then click 'attach' This will send the image. Let me know if I have not made that clear !! Dea x P.S. - I will be away for a week as from tomorrow but I will catch up when I come back. - send a pm if you still need help.!! Dea x