How to ‘cut and paste’ text
- Hover your mouse at the beginning of the text you want to highlight.
- Left click and hold the button.
- Drag the cursor (move the mouse) to the right and down to highlight the text.
- When you get to the lower right corner of the text, release the mouse button.
- While the text is highlighted (blue or black), move the cursor to the blue area and right-click.
- A small menu will appear.
- Mouse down to where it says ‘copy’ and click on that.
- The text has already been copied to the clipboard.
- Move the cursor to where you want the text.
- The right button of the mouse.
- In the menu that appears, move your mouse to where it says “paste” and click on that.
- The copied text will now be inserted (pasted).
Respond to a craigslist ad by email
- An email address appears on the ad where it says Reply To:.
- Highlight the email address by holding down the left mouse button (starting near one end with the I-shaped cursor, not the hand) and sliding it to the other end making it blue.
- Then release the left button.
- Move your ‘hand’ cursor finger to the blue area and right-click. A small menu screen will appear.
- Click copy to copy that email address.
- Sign in to your email account (Gmail ‘Google’, Yahoo ‘Yahoo’, Hotmail ‘MSN’, etc.)
- Click to create a new email (“new” in Yahoo, “Compose mail” in Gmail, or “new” in Hotmail.
- Now right click on the ‘To’ box and click ‘Paste’ to paste the email address into the window.
- Put something in the ‘subject’ box (such as ‘my resume’)
- Add some information in the ‘body’ of the new email and click ‘send’.
- Now check your email inbox from time to time to see if anyone responds.
Attach a file (such as a resume) to an email in ‘gmail’ or ‘hotmail’
- Sign in to your email account.
- Click to create a new email (‘Compose email’ in Gmail or ‘new’ in Hotmail).
- In the ‘To’ box, enter the recipient’s email address.
- Put something relevant in the subject box.
- In the body (large box) tell the recipient what the email is about.
- Just below the ‘subject’ box there is a button (or link) that says ‘insert’ or ‘attach’.
- Clicking on the button (or link) will bring up a window.
- In this window you will navigate to the file you want to attach as described above (Browsing your folder in Windows) if the file is in ‘My Documents’.
- If the file is on a USB stick, follow the instructions above (Finding your USB stick in Windows)
- Once you find the file, select it and click OK or Attach in the bottom right corner of that box and the file will be uploaded and attached. Click ‘send’ to send the email.
Attach a file (such as a resume) to an email in Yahoo Mail
- Sign in to your email account.
- Click to create a new email.
- In the ‘To’ box, enter the recipient’s email address.
- Put something relevant in the subject box.
- In the body (large box) tell the recipient what the email is about.
- Just below the ‘subject’ box there is a button that says ‘attach’.
- Clicking the button (or link) will bring up a window with several “browse” buttons. Click a ‘browse’ button. Each button will attach a separate file.
- In the window that appears, you will navigate to the file to be attached as described above (Browsing your folder in Windows) if the file is in ‘My Documents’. If the file is on a USB stick, follow the instructions above (Finding your USB stick in Windows)
- Once you find the file, select it and click ‘Open’ in the bottom right corner of that box and the file will be uploaded and attached. Click ‘send’ to send the email.