Copy and paste may be the most important computing technology of the past 30 years. That may sound odd, but just think how much you rely on it. Most of us use the Copy and Paste commands multiple ...

From: Highlight the text or optionally double click the word or triple click the sentence the cursor is in. Keeping the cursor in the highlighted area, right click and select Copy or Cut. To: With the ...

Apple's QuickType keyboard has gained new iPad-specific functions in iOS 9, including a "Shortcut Bar" with quick links to commonly used text entry functions like cut, copy, paste, and font options.

Cutting and pasting in Microsoft Office applications saves you untold hours in typing and retyping data and text. If you are like many business users of Microsoft Excel, you probably perform countless ...

To move a cell or range of cells to a different location, highlight the cells and select Edit/Cut, then go to the new location and select Edit/Paste. To copy a selection, select Edit/Copy instead of ...

Q: Occasionally I want to forward only a portion of an email message. What’s the best way to do that? A: There are several ways to do this. One way is to click Forward in your email program and select ...

In the world of Linux, the command line is an incredibly powerful tool for managing and manipulating data. One of the most common tasks that Linux users face is processing and extracting information ...

Computer vision and augmented reality technology has made amazing strides in the last few years. One of the coolest examples is Google Lens’s ability to copy real-world text and paste it into an app.

You might not know Larry Tesler’s name, but I can guarantee you used something he created. This former Apple computer scientist, the inventor of some of the world’s most common user interface tools — ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Larry Tesler, the Silicon Valley pioneer who created the now-ubiquitous computer concepts such as “cut,” “copy” and “paste,” has died. He was 74. He made using computers easier for ...

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