| Ctrl -A |
Selects All. For example: If in a "Word" document and you press
Ctrl-A, all of the screen (and beyond) will become "highlighted" because
you selected everything. Once an object (text, etc) is selected,
it can then be copied, moved, or deleted. |
| Ctrl-C |
Copies whatever is selected to the "clipboard" (a space in computer
memory for holding stuff) and leaves the original. Once something
is copied to the clipboard, it can then be "pasted" somewhere else.
This works for email, spreadsheets, documents, web page text, files in
windows explorer, etc... |
| Ctrl-V |
Pastes whatever is in the "clipboard" to the place where you are pasting.
For example: You're in a word document and want to copy a paragraph to
repeat it (maybe only minor changes are needed to make it have new meaning).
First "highlight" what you want to copy, then press Ctrl-C to copy it to
the clipboard, the move your cursor to where you want to place the copy,
and press Ctrl-V. This works for email, spreadsheets, documents,
web page text, files in windows explorer, etc... |
| Ctrl-X |
Copies whatever is selected to the "clipboard" but removes the original.
Once something is copied to the clipboard, it can then be "pasted" somewhere
else. |
| Ctrl - Mouse |
Allows you to "Add" to what is already highlighted. For example:
you might want to delete 3 emails that are not adjacent to each other in
your email window. Click on 1, then hold down the Ctrl key and continue
to click on others. Notice that each one becomes highlighted.
You can also deselect a highlighted object by holding the Ctrl key and
clicking on it. |
| Shift - Mouse |
Allows you to highlight a range of items.. For example: you might
want to delete 10 emails that are adjacent to each other in your email
window. Click on the first one, then hold down the Shift key and
click on the last one that you want selected. Notice that all of
the items become highlighted. You can then press the delete key on
the keyboard and all 10 will be deleted. |
