Copy/Pasting, was->Clipping Messages

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<I'm a bit computer-challenged, so forgive my ignorance! Thanks! Becky>

HI Becky,

Don't feel bad hon believe me I was so illiterate with the computer at one time I felt like those dumb blond jokes that go around, is the plug in? ha ha.. so true. People would give me a URL and I'd type it in and just sit there and wait and wait and wait, because not one person thought to tell me to hit the 'enter' key. LOL that's how ignorant I was of computers. *chuckle* Today? I'm great with email & research but still not too good with other technical things. Anyway hope this helps hon. (and I hope others chime in with their ideas too) *smile*

There are several ways to edit previous posts.

If you get them one by one... all you need to do is hit 'reply' and it'll be addressed to the group, and I'm assuming the previous post is there, right?

You'd write your own note or letter above it. (I leave it for reference until I'm ready to hit 'send'....... THEN........... once you've finished your own thoughts or note....

Just take your curser and with the 'left' side of the mouse, start it where you want to wipe something out. (below your own letter)

Hold it down and just drag it over the portion you want to eliminate, sideways and down. Then lift your finger off of it. It will now be highlighted.

Then just hit the 'Delete' key on the middle right of your keyboard above the 'arrow' signs & 'before' the numbers pad. (OR you can just hit the SPACE bar too) And Bingo it's gone. Takes all of 3 seconds once you get used to doing that.

If you'd like to add or leave a line from the previous post?

Just highlight it the same way...... but instead. 'after' you highlight it (with the left side of the mouse) (the one you want to keep) .... lift your finger then click the right side and a pop up will come up and then click COPY.... (so you now highlighted what you want to copy)

What you just copied now stays stored in that right side of your mouse till you put it somewhere.

Then you paste it to a new email or put it above the one you might be working on. You paste by putting your curser where you want it (left click) but now you 'right' click your mouse and choose PASTE, it'll paste what you stored there ...

For instance I just did that and put one of your own lines at the very top of this...

that sounds confusing but it too is so simple once you do it a few times.

(DO that as well for links you may have to copy/paste to get, I used to handwrite some of those horrendously long ones if you can believe it, imagine trying to do that visually and not make an error, LOL till I learned how to copy/paste, talk about being mad at myself, DUH....

Maybe this'll simplify it?

To remove previous post.

HIGHLIGHT with LEFT side of Mouse holding it down and drag over area to be removed. Lift finger

HIT DELETE KEY OR the SPACE BAR, on keyboard and all highlighted areas will disappear.

*note* if you've scrolled too far or highlighted your own out? Just go to a blank area and click and it'll be there again, start over.

(do this tho before you'd hit delete)

To copy/paste:

HIGHLIGHT with LEFT side of Mouse,

RIGHT CLICK and choose COPY

Place where you want to add it with curser

RIGHT click again, this time choose PASTE

Also this 'removing' something? It ONLY works on an 'active' email hon... not one you'd receive from someone else until you hit 'reply' or forward'. Though you can copy from anything even a website.

No doubt there are some other ways as well hon so it's just what "I" do . Sorry if I confused you but it really is easy. Try practicing and sending yourself things and play with it a bit, *grin*....

If you do go to digest format, it's harder to wipe all of those 15 or so messages (not really but a bit more time consuming) *smile* .. and best to just start a brand new blank email yourself.

One other tip is to make sure you have the groups Email address in your address book.

VulvarDisorders

That way it's so easy to just start typing in vul and the rest of it should automatically come up if you're starting a new one. At least mine does.

Another tip? Separate from copy/paste or deleting purposely.

If by accident you delete something you're working on? If you go to the top before doing another single keystroke....go to EDIT and hit 'undo' and it should return it. If you've continued typing etc.. it's lost though.

For some reason years ago I used to hit something accidentally (no idea yet what it was) but sometimes I'd have 3 -4 paragraphs going and BINGO it'd be gone in a flash... talk about frustration and being furious.. *sigh* Then someone told me about the 'UNDO" button... YIKES..... so simple and would have saved me a lot of aggravation. But it has to be done before you hit another keystroke because it only un-does the very last thing you did.

I hope that helps hon and sorry if it sounds so convoluted or confusing and just how "I" work things,*grin* I'm sure others have some great tips or ideas as well.

Hugs

Dee~