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Copying And Pasting Information From The Internet

To copy information from a web page into a word processor you must have the Internet and the word processor open at the same time. Start your word processor and then click minimise in the top right hand corner.

Start the Internet and find the web site you are looking for. When you need to switch back to the word processor, click its button on the task bar at the bottom of the screen.

Copying Text

To copy text from a web page, select the text by clicking and holding down the left button on the mouse. Then move the mouse over the text you want to copy. You should see the text become highlighted, like this:

Then click 'Edit' at the top of the page and select copy. Now switch to your word processor and click 'Edit' then 'Paste'.

Copying a picture

Point to the picture with your mouse and then click the right button.

A menu like this one will appear. Select 'Copy'.

Now switch to your word processor and click 'Paste'.

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