Save Text Using Copy Paste Commands in Windows
How to Save Text Using Copy Paste Commands in Windows
It's often useful to save text using the copy paste command in Windows. The example below shows highlighted text. When you click + drag your mouse across text it changes appearance. While text is still highlighted press the the keyboard keys Ctrl + C to copy.
See example:
By pressing the Ctrl + C keys over highlighted text as explained above, the text is then saved to memory on your computer. You will then need to find a word processing program or text file to paste the text to using the Ctrl + V keys.
Here's steps for copying text from a web page and pasting to a standard Windows text document:
1. Open Web page with text you want to highlight.
2. Highlight text and while still highlighted press Ctrl + C to copy
3. Right-click on any open area of your desktop and from the dialogue that appears choose "New" >> "Text Document".
4. Open the new text document you created and click inside the open document as if you were going to type something and press Ctrl + V to paste the text you copied.