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Not sure how to copy and paste text? See below for some step-by-step tutorials.
Click the headings below for more on the topic.
Right Click
- Click and drag the cursor until the text you want to copy is highlighted.
- Release your cursor and right click.
- Left click “Copy.”
- Go to the page you’d like to paste the text in.
- Click the cursor where you’d like the text to go.
- Right click to see “Paste” and left click “Paste.”
If you have a newer mouse that doesn’t differentiate between left and right clicks:
- Click and drag the cursor until the text you want to copy is highlighted.
- Release your cursor.
- With your left hand, hold “Control” on your keyboard, and with your right hand, click “copy.” This is the equivalent of “right clicking.”
- Go to the page you’d like to paste the text in.
- Click the cursor where you’d like the text to go.
- With your left hand, hold “Control” on your keyboard, and with your right hand, click “paste.”
Menu Bar
- Click and drag the cursor until the text you want to copy is highlighted.
- Release your cursor.
- Click “Edit” on your menu bar (the bar the top of your computer screen).
- Click “Copy”
- Go to the page you’d like to paste the text in.
- Click the cursor where you’d like the text to go.
- Click “Edit” on your menu bar.
- Click “Paste.”
On Your Keyboard
For PCs:
- Click and drag the cursor until the text you want to copy is highlighted.
- Release your cursor.
- At the same time, hold down the Control (Ctrl) and C
- Go to the page you’d like to paste the text in.
- Click the cursor where you’d like the text to go.
- At the same time, hold down the Control (Ctrl) and V
For Macs:
- Click and drag the cursor until the text you want to copy is highlighted.
- Release your cursor.
- At the same time, hold down the Command and C
- Go to the page you’d like to paste the text in.
- Click the cursor where you’d like the text to go.
- At the same time, hold down the Command and V