Copy and Paste Word 2010

Cut/Copy /Paste 

You have a document or email you are working on and you want to copy or cut either some text or an image. There are different ways to Cut/Copy & Paste text or an image depending on the program you are using. This lesson is based on Word 2010 but the skills you learn here are adaptable to many other programs and versions

2 WAYS

There are 2 main ways you can Cut Copy and Paste. 

1. You can use the menu [watch Video] or
2. you can Right click and use the Options Menu. 

I am a 'Right clicker' from way back as sometimes Menus are not easily found, don't exist or the act of looking up to find what I want is just distracting.

USING RIGHT CLICK

The easiest way to Cut/Copy and Paste is to use the Edit Menu that appears when you

Right Click in a document

• The first thing to do is decide whether you want to copy it or cut it out and paste it somewhere else
• The next thing is to select the text or image to be copied or moved

• You can then paste this selection into a new position in the same document or another one

When you select text then use the Cut or Copy command,  your Operating System places it on what is normally an invisible Clipboard. ·       NB: Prerequisite skills: Select.  There is only one skill you need to master to do this lesson... know how to Select (highlight) using either your mouse or keyboard HOW TO ...Cut or Copy using the Options Menu (Right Click) Using your Mouse... Step 1: Highlight/Select the text or image you want to move or copy by holding down the left mouse button and dragging across and down if necessary. Step 2: Right Click on the Highlighted text or image an Options menus will appear... Step 3. Left Click Cut or Copy Step 4. Right Click on the Destination - where you want to paste it Step 5. Left Click on Paste Options / Keep Source Formatting You can use this method within one document or between 2 open documents! If you would like a printable version of this lesson you can print it here