First off, you'll be glad to learn copying and pasting is easy. You can copy and paste just about anything: text, web pages, files, pictures, you name it. The idea behind the process is to take information from one place and deposit it into another. For an example, let's pretend you're working in a word processor and need to copy and paste a section of your document into an e-mail. Here's how:

1. First, you'll need to select the text you wish to copy. You do this by putting your mouse cursor at the first character you want to copy and, holding down the left mouse button, drag the cursor to the last character you need copied. As you drag, you'll notice everything gets highlighted (selected).
2. Next, right-click the selected area. Choose Copy from the menu that pops up (or you can use CTRL-C if you like keyboard shortcuts).
3. Finally, right-click the area in your e-mail document where you would like to insert the word processor text. Click Paste from the menu that pops up (For this, CTRL-V is your keyboard shortcut).
That's it. The steps are basically the same for any copy & paste procedure you need to do.

Here's another example.

If you want to get a little more fancy, place your cursor at the first character you want selected and, while holding down the SHIFT key, click next to the last character you want selected.
It's sometimes easier to follow this procedure than to make selections by dragging, especially when your wrestling with a lengthy document. I can't remember the number of times the area I wanted to stop selecting at zipped right by me on a document!

Another fun way to use the SHIFT key is adding to an existing selection. Let's say you select an area of text and you came up short of what you really needed. Rather than trying to re-select the whole thing, just hit the SHIFT key and click your mouse where you would like the selection to end. (You can also shorten a selection by doing this too.)
After you have used the SHIFT key to get your text selected, follow the previous steps to copy / paste.(right click and select Copy, go to mail and Right click and select Paste.

Once you do this a few times you will see how easy it is... took me a year to learn it, trying to read these fancy tutorials on the net! That's why I'm trying to keep this very basic.

SELECTIVE PRINTING

Found a web page you want to print? Easy, just hit Ctrl+P..... But... don't waste paper printing what you don't need. Ever need to print just part of a web page or e-mail? You too huh? Try this.
First, you need to know that this does not work with every system out there. This tip only works if both your printer driver and the software application you're using supports this little trick. So, take this for what it's worth.
Here's how it usually works:

1. First, highlight the text area you would like to print.
2. Next, from the File menu, select Print...
3. When the printer dialog box comes up, look for an option for "Selection", in a "Print Range" box. Again, not all printers / software support this.
4. Click Apply,or Print or both.

Oh, one more thing. If you can't print a selection, you can always copy and paste the stuff you want into a word processor and print it from there. Sure, it's not nearly as much fun, but it's better than printing out eight pages of junk just to get a small section of text.

Enlarge IE Fonts and see text better.
(Or how to change Internet Explorer's font size.}

First, select a larger font by clicking View, Text Size,
and selecting a larger size. Now change your
font to something a little more screen-friendly.

Click Tools, Internet Options, and go to the General tab.
Click the Font button.
Select something a little more legible, such as Georgia,
and click OK. If you're still having trouble
seeing what's on your screen, tell IE to ignore
the website designer's specified formatting.
While you're still on the General tab, click the
Accessibility button.
Check "Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages."
Click OK.
Click OK to exit the dialog box.

"A click saved is a click...uh, something like that".
If you want to single click instead of double clicking all the time , it's easy to do.

On your desktop, click on My Computer.
Then, at the top, click on Tools.
Select and click "Folder Options".
Under "Click items as follows" place a check mark in the little circle for" Single Click to open an item..
That's it! No more (very little) double clicking!

ENLARGE TEXT WITH MOUSE

First off... if you don't have a wheel mouse, no problem! Just go to the top left Tool bar and Click VIEW..then, TEXT SIZE... you'll find about 5 or 6 sizes to Click and choose from, try them all to get whats best for you. If your mouse has the center scroll wheel on it, (they're pretty cheap, get one and you'll wonder how you ever got along without it) here's a couple of neat things it can do. You can change the text size of a page by simply holding the Control key (Ctrl - lower left corner of keyboard) and turn the wheel... slowly. Try it here. Neat, huh! Also, hold down the Shift key (just above the Ctrl key) and you will go to previous pages, back and forward, but turn wheel slowly for this, too.

MAXIMIZE-MINIMIZE TRICK

Blind as a bat like me?? Well, instead of trying to ring that little square box and little minus sign, (top right corner) to minimize or maximize page, just place your pointer anywhere on that bar and double-click... Cool!

MONITOR GOES BLANK?

Ever leave your puter a few minutes and return to find the monitor off? We can fix that little annoyance. Win 95/98/ME/2000 Users: 1. Hit the Start button, Settings, Control Panel. Then open the Power Management icon. XP Users: 1. Hit the Start button, Control Panel, Power Options. Look for the "Turn off monitor" drop box (it's towards the bottom). Select the amount of time you want the computer to wait before shutting off the monitor, or tell it not to shut the monitor off at all. (It don't hurt it to leave it on and only uses a few pennies a month of "juice". I, personally, check the "NEVER", in all the options listed. If I want my puter off, I know where the Shutdown button is! While you are there, click on the HIBERNATE tab and make sure it's un-checked. That free's up over 500 MB's of memory for other productive thngs. (Like browsing faster!)

SEND WEBPAGE BY EMAIL

"Some of you have told me you had trouble sending my site to your friends so I want to show you a real easy way to do it from a computer.

(Not for AOL...see below this tip...) When you're on a web page you want to send to
a friend or to yourself for reference,
click "File" on the top toolbar of Internet Explorer,
Click "Send" and choose "Page by E-mail".
Now your Outlook Express compose Window
opens showing the page you want to send
in the preview window. Type in your recipient(s)
address(es) and click send!

Now try sending this page to yourself!

If you are on AOL, it's a little different.
Each web site that opens has a little heart next to the minimize, maximize and Close signs. All you have to do is click on the "Heart" or double click and a menu will come up. You may choose any one of four things you would like to do:

1. Add to Favorites
2. Add to Tool Bar
3. Insert in Mail
4. Insert in Instant Message

All you have to do is click on the "Insert in Mail" and a new email will pop up with the Web Site in it, and you simply insert all the email addresses you want to send it to. All the recipient(s) has to do is click on it when they receive it.

SHORTCUT ON DESKTOP TO WEBSITE

Would you like a "short cut" to a favorite Website on your desktop? Nothing to it! While on your favorite webpage, Right Click anywhere and select Create Shortcut.... Done!! Now a quick Left Click on the Desktop short cut will take you directly to that page. You can even change the name of it by Right Clicking on the shortcut icon and select RENAME. Just type whatever you want to call it... that's it!

AWESOME CAPS LOCK TRICK

Don't you hate it when you accidentally hit the Caps Lock key? Sometimes I have a whole sentence typed in before I realize my mistake! (I know, GASP!) What if you could set your computer up so it alerts you when your pinky finger wanders off and taps the Caps Lock key? With this tip, I'll show you how to make your computer beep & flash the next time it happens. The first thing you'll need to do is get the computer to beep when you hit the Caps Lock key. Here's how:

1. Click the Start button, Settings, Control Panel (XP Users, hit the Start button, Control Panel). Open the Accessibility Options Icon.
2. On the Keyboard tab, click the "Use Toggle Keys" checkbox.
That's it for the beeping part.
Next, we need to get your screen to flash you...uhh, flash at you. Here's how:

1. From the Accessibility Options screen, click the Sound tab and check the "Use SoundSentry" checkbox.
2. Next click the Settings button and select "Flash active window" from the "Warning for windowed programs" drop down box.
That's it. Hit OK until you're clear of property and settings screens. Open your favorite word processor and hit your Caps Lock key. Cool huh?

HOW TO SAVE PICTURES

It is very easy to save any or all of my pictures for future use. On any picture you like, just Right Click your mouse over it.
From the Pop up you get, select the option - Save As - then save it to your My Pictures folder, (usually found in your My Documents folder).
When you get a bunch in there, you can put them on a floppy disc or either burn them to a CD disc, if you have a burner.

Note: Doesn't work on Java Applets since they are actually little programs and not just a picture.

AOL PROBLEM
(excerpt from email) "I emailed you about not being able to get some of the wallpaper pictures to download. I just today figured out how to solve my problem. If anyone ever asks you, it is that AOL compresses the web graphics unless you set it not to. You just go to "Settings" and then "Preferences" then "Internet Properties (www)" then on the "Web Graphics" tab you click "never compress graphics" and apply and ok (of course). I couldn't believe it when I found the answer to that on the Microsoft website in their knowledge base for Windows XP."
"My thanks to Diane, for this AOL tip."

HOW TO MAKE A FLOPPY DISC

How to Make a Floppy Disc with XP
Note: Most other Windows OS are basically the same.

"Floppies" are limited in size to 1.44 mb's. Make sure what you are saving is smaller than that. (Right click on file and select Properties to see the size in bytes)

Simply Right Click on the file or folder you wish to save and select the "Send To" option.
Click the option "3 1/2" Floppy". You will be prompted to Insert a 3 l/2" Disc (A:)...
that's it, the rest is automatic. Allow it time to fully load.

To retrieve data from a Floppy:

Click on the "My Computer" on your desktop. The first icon will be for your 3 1/2" Floppy (A:) drive.
Left Click on it and again you will be prompted to "Insert disc"...
allow it time to completely download (you'll stop hearing strange little noises).
That's it... just save it to where ever you wish.

VERY IMPORTANT! - ALWAYS be sure to remove the floppy from your tower... or when you re-boot, you'll encounter all sorts of problems until you remember to remove it. (Been there and done it!)

OK here's a new problem. What happens if you're trying to move say, a program file (a file ending in ".exe"), and Windows wants to do a shortcut instead of a move? Or maybe you want to make a copy of a file and Windows wants to move it? Well, there's an easy solution for that as well. Just drag and drop with your RIGHT mouse button. When you release the button, you'll be given a little menu that allows you to pick Move, Copy, Create Shortcut, or Cancel.