Copy and Paste

Copy and Paste

In Microsoft Word, you can copy information from one area of a document and place the information you copied anywhere in the same or another document. if you want to place the same information somewhere else, you do not have to retype the information. You simple copy it and then paste it in the new location. Word stores copied data on the Clipboard.

EXERCISE

Copy with the Ribbon

      ·         Type the following: 

        You will want to copy me. One of me is all you need.

·         Select "You will want to copy me."

·         Choose the Home tab.

·         Click the Copy button  in the Clipboard group. Word copies the data you selected to the Clipboard.

Paste with the Ribbon

      ·         Place the cursor after the period in the sentence: "One of me is all you need."

·         Press the spacebar to leave a space.

·         Choose the Home tab.

·         Click the Paste  button in the Clipboard group. Word places the data you copied at the insertion point. Your text should now read: "You will want to copy me. One of me is all you need. You will want to copy me."

Alternate Method—Copy with a Context Menu

      ·         Type the following: 

        You will want to copy me. One of me is all you need.

·         Select "You will want to copy me."

·         Right-click. A Mini toolbar and a context menu appear.

·         Click Copy. Word places the data you copied at the insertion point. Your text should now read: "You will want to copy me. One of me is all you need. You will want to copy me."

Alternate Method—Paste with a Context Menu

·         Place the cursor after the period in the sentence: "One of me is all you need."

·         Press the spacebar to leave a space.

·         Right-click. A context menu appears.

·         Click Paste. Word pastes the information on the Clipboard into the document.

Alternate Method—Copy with Keys

·         Type the following: 
You will want to copy me. One of me is all you need.

·         Select "You will want to copy me. "

·         Press Ctrl+c. Word copies the information you selected to the Clipboard.

Alternate Method—Paste with Keys

·         Place the cursor after the period in the sentence "One of me is all you need."

·         Press the spacebar to leave a space.

·         Press Ctrl+v.

·         Your text should now read: 
"You will want to copy me. One of me is all you need. You will want to copy me."

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