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    1. Cut and Paste
    2. Bruce Glass
    3. Hi list members, the following is a suggestion that may help you save items of interest from your E-Mail messages, or in fact from anywhere else. It is for Windows 95 users however Windows 3.1 users may be able to use it as well (I am not very expert at the finer points of Win 3.1) I also use Netscape however I would believe that users of Internet Explorer will be able to do this. 1. Before I open my browser I open my Word Processing Program (in my case WordPerfect) 2. I then open my browser and go on line. 3. If I find anything of interest I highlight the item by clicking and holding the left mouse button at the start of the item and dragging the pointer to the end of the item. (the item should now be highlighted) 4. Go to EDIT and down to COPY (on Bar at top of Screen), click on COPY. This transfers a copy of the item you highlighted to the CLIP BOARD. 5. Click on your Wordprocessor Icon on the Task-Bar (usually at the bottom of the screen), this will bring your Wordprocessor onto the screen. 7. Select where you wish to place your item of interest, (it may be on the open blank page or you can set up a file where you are going to collect all of your bits and pieces). 8. Click on the PASTE icon (usually on the bar at the top of the screen) this will copy your item of interest to your selected file. 9. Before closing your Word Processor don't forget to save the file. 10. Go back to your browser by clicking on the Browser Icon on the Task Bar. You can repeat this process as often as you like but remember that the last item copied to the Clip Board will stay there until it is replaced by something else. I hope these instructions are understandable (they are to me) but at least they will alert you to the fact that Copying and Pasting are possible. With practice you will find it very quick and easy. It has the added benefit that once you have saved your item of interest, you can if you wish, delete the E-Mail message thus saving space on your hard drive. Best regards Bruce

    06/01/1998 03:26:12