Copying text from the Internet
The "copy and paste" tool (clipboard functions) available across Microsoft Windows are also available for use within web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, and Firefox.
The most common use lab patrons have for clipboard functions on the Internet is to copy text and then paste it into a document.
To do so, postion your mouse cursor either at the beginning or end of the text you wish to copy. Click and hold down the left mouse button, and then drag it across to select the text. The text will be highlighted:
Right-click on the highlighted text and a pop-up menu will appear. Click on Copy:
Go to your document that you wish to place the text. Place your mouse cursor in the position you want the text to go, click once, and then click on the Paste icon. The icon usually looks something like a clipboard:
Once you have clicked on the icon, your new text will have been pasted into your document.
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