How to ‘cut and paste’ text
- Hover your mouse at the beginning of the text you want to highlight.
- Left-click and hold the button.
- Drag the cursor (move the mouse) to the right and down to highlight the text.
- When you reach the lower right corner of the text, release the mouse button.
- While the text is highlighted (blue or black), move the cursor to the blue area and right-click.
- A small menu will appear.
- Mouse down to where it says ‘copy’ and click on that.
- The text has already been copied to the clipboard.
- Move the cursor where you want the text.
- The right button of the mouse.
- In the menu that appears, move your mouse to where it says “paste” and click on that.
- The copied text will now be inserted (pasted).
Respond to a craigslist ad by email
- In the ad, an email address appears where it says Reply to:.
- Highlight the email address by holding down the left button (starting near one end with the I-cursor, not your hand) and sliding to the other end making it blue.
- Then release the left button.
- Move your finger from the ‘hand’ cursor to the blue area and right-click. A small menu screen will appear.
- Click copy to copy that email address.
- Sign in to your email account (Gmail ‘Google’, Yahoo ‘Yahoo’, Hotmail ‘MSN’, etc.)
- Click to create a new email (“new” in Yahoo, “Compose Mail” in Gmail, or “new” in Hotmail.
- Now right click on the ‘To’ box and click on ‘Paste’ to paste the email address into the window.
- Put something in the ‘subject’ box (like ‘my resume’)
- Add some information in the ‘body’ of the new email and click ‘send’.
- Now check your email inbox from time to time to see if anyone is responding.
Attach a file (such as a resume) to an email in ‘gmail’ or ‘hotmail’
- Sign in to your email account.
- Click to create a new email (‘Compose mail’ in Gmail or ‘new’ in Hotmail).
- In the ‘To’ box, enter the recipient’s email address.
- Put something relevant in the subject box.
- In the body (big box) tell the recipient what the email is about.
- Just below the ‘subject’ box is a button (or link) that says ’embed’ or ‘attach’.
- Clicking on the button (or link) will bring up a window.
- In this window you will navigate to the file to be attached as described above (Browsing your folder in Windows) if the file is in ‘My Documents’.
- If the file is on a USB stick, follow the instructions above (Finding your USB stick in Windows)
- Once you find the file, select it and click OK or Attach in the bottom right corner of that box and the file will be uploaded and attached. Click ‘send’ to send the email.
Attach a file (such as a resume) to an email in Yahoo Mail
- Sign in to your email account.
- Click to create a new email.
- In the ‘To’ box, enter the recipient’s email address.
- Put something relevant in the subject box.
- In the body (big box) tell the recipient what the email is about.
- Just below the ‘subject’ box is a button that says ‘attach’.
- Clicking on the button (or link) will bring up a window with several “browse” buttons. Click a ‘browse’ button. Each button will attach a separate file.
- In the window that appears, you will navigate to the file you want to attach as described above (Finding your folder in Windows) if the file is in ‘My Documents’. If the file is on a USB stick, follow the instructions above (Finding your USB stick in Windows)
- Once you find the file, select it and click ‘Open’ in the bottom right corner of that box and the file will be uploaded and attached. Click ‘send’ to send the email.