HELPFUL INFORMATION

This page contains information that we hope will be helpful to computer users and Internet visitors of all experience levels.  The information is correct to the best of our knowledge and has been developed based on the experience of Club members.  Anyone finding errors on this page or with suggestions for improving this page is requested to send an email to wvrccc@gmail.com.  PLEASE NOTE: Not all computers and Internet Web pages react the same way; therefore, there may be exceptions to the information we are providing.

CONTROL-F (holding down the CONTROL [CTRL] key and the letter F at the same time causes a pop-up “Find” box to display.  After entering the desired search word(s) in the text box and pressing the ENTER or RETURN key, the computer or Internet program will highlight those words if they exist in the document you are looking at.  CONTROL-F can be used to find words on this HELPFUL INFORMATION page.

HIGHLIGHTING text and images is accomplished by using the mouse to place the cursor (the thing that moves around the screen when you move the mouse control) at the beginning or end of the area you want to highlight.  Then hold down the CONTROL [CTRL] key and move the cursor to the end or beginning respectively of the area you want to highlight.  If the highlighting works, you should see a change in color in the entire area you highlighted.  Once an area is highlighted, you can copy it, delete it, move it, change the font (size and shape of the letters), change the color of the text, etc.

COPYING – Text and images can be copied by HIGHLIGHTING the desired area and then pressing the CONTROL [CTRL] key and the letter C key at the same time while an area is highlighted.  This action copies the highlighted area to an invisible electronic clipboard on your computer.  The copied area can then be PASTED by placing the cursor at the spot where you want the information to be copied, and then pressing the CONTROL [CTRL] key and the letter V key at the same time.  NOTE: Information written on the invisible electronic clipboard can be pasted multiple times so long as your computer has not been turned off and nothing else has been written onto the invisible electronic clipboard.  This can be handy if you are sending similar or identical emails to different people and you don’t want to retype the same information again.

DELETING – Text and images can be deleted from a document by HIGHLIGHTING the desired area and then pressing the CONTROL [CTRL] key and the letter X key at the same time.  If you realize you have done something unintended, click on the UNDO icon at the top of the screen or immediately press the CONTROL [CTRL] key and the letter V key at the same time.

MOVING – Text and images can be moved within a document or between documents by following the same process as for DELETING except the cursor must be positioned where you want the information to be inserted before you press the CONTROL [CTRL] key and the letter V key at the same time.

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