Directions for Copying, Pasting, and Attaching

Copying and Pasting

To copy material from Web pages:

• Highlight the text you want to copy by clicking and holding the left mouse button while moving over the text.
• Once text is highlighted, right click and select Copy.
• Go to your word processing application such as Microsoft Word.
• Right click, select Paste.

To copy material from a word processing document:

• Highlight the text you want to copy by clicking and holding
the left mouse button while moving over the text.
• Once text is highlighted, right click and select Copy.
• Go to wherever you want to place this material…such as an email message.
• Right click, select Paste.

Attaching to an Email message

• Create a document in your word processing software.
• Save the document, making sure you notice where you are saving it (the name of the file).
• Log onto your email account.
• Select new message or new mail or whatever button allows you to create a message.
• Key in the name of the recipient, the subject line and a short message as to the purpose of the email.
• Select Attach or Insert and then File Attachment or the icon of the paperclip.
• Select Browse to find the file you want to attach ( it may be on your hard drive or floppy disk…wherever you saved it).
• Select OK, or Attach and then select Send.