Thanks, Elaine, I shall keep this! NancyT On 12/24/2011 9:18 PM, ETM wrote: > Quote > > Today's Topic: Copy and Paste Parts of a Document > > You can copy part or all of a document and then paste it into another section of the same document, or into another document entirely. This allows you to quickly reuse text, images, charts or any other information without retyping. > > 1. Open the document and select the section that you want to copy. (Note: to select text, point to the first character to be selected, hold the left mouse button down, and drag across text; to select a graphic, right click on the graphic, left click on copy in the resulting menu) > > 2. While the section is selected, open the Edit menu and click Copy. This copies the selected material into a special area of the computer's memory, called the Clipboard. (Note that the selection also remains where it was in the document; it doesn't disappear.) > > 3. Move your cursor to the place or document where you want to paste the material that is now in the Clipboard. Click when your pointer is in the correct spot. A flashing line will appear where you clicked. > > 4. Open the Edit menu and click Paste. > > The material that you copied into the Clipboard now appears at the spot you indicated. > > Unquote > >> From Computer Kindergarten >