How to Copy and Paste Information

from One Application to Another

 

You should already know how to:

• Use the mouse to select and highlight
• Identify and use icons, windows and menus
• Maximize, minimize and arrange windows
• Start an application and create a document

 

Use these steps:

 

1. Make sure both applications are open.

 

2. If the information you want to copy is in a different window, switch to that window using the buttons on the taskbar at the bottom of your screen.

 

3. Select the item or highlight the information you want to copy.

 

4. Do one of the following:
• On the Edit menu at the top of the window, click Copy.  If the Copy option doesn’t appear, click on the double down arrow  at the bottom of the Edit menu. If the Copy option is unavailable, make sure you have something selected or highlighted.
• Hold down the Ctrl key and press the C key.

 

5. Switch to the window where you want to paste the information and click where you want the information to go.

 

6. Do one of the following:
• On the Edit menu at the top of the window, click Paste.  If the Paste option doesn’t appear, click on the double down arrow  at the bottom of the Edit menu. If the Paste option is unavailable, make sure you have previously copied something.
• Hold down the Ctrl key and press the V key.

 

7. If you don’t get the results you wanted or expected, do one of the following:
• On the Edit menu at the top of the window, click Undo.
• Click the Undo button  on the standard toolbar below the menu bar.

Then begin again at step 2 to copy or step 5 to paste.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:  This set of instructions is intended as a tutorial in a series.