Only if you have the Wordstar settings turned on, though?
On Saturday, January 7, 2012, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I sent this privately to Don, but since I seem to use different controls
than
> most of you, I will copy to this list what I sent to Don. Which is below.
>
> In addition, I use controls that come from WordStar days of the 1980's,
and
> they are still good in Windows. I.e.
> to move left or right one word at a time, hold down CTRL key with the L
> hand and move the L orr R key with your right hand. I do it without
thinking.
> Also, to select a block of text, hold down the SHIFT key with the L hand
and
> move the cursor with the L or R UP or DOWN arrow keys.. Work for me.
>
> SHIFT + END or HOME also work. Without thinking.
>
> My message follows
>
> Perhaps the easiest way to learn copy/cut and paste is to use your mouse
> and the left and right mouse keys.
>
> To copy/cut and paste some text,
>
> 1) place the mouse cursor at one end of the line of text you want to copy.
> 2) hold the LEFT mouse button down and move the cursor along the ext
> until all the text you want to copy / cut is highlighted.
> 3) place the mouse cursor over some portion of the highlighted text and
> press the RIGHT mouse button.
> 4) this should cause a drop down menu to show, and you select an option
> using the LEFT mouse button..
> 5) you have now placed that section of text into memory, and can decide to
> do something with it, or nothing. If you want to paste it ..
> 6) move your mouse cursor to the point where you wish to insert the saved
> text.
> 7) press the RIGHT mouse button, and with the LEFT mouse button, chose
> the PASTE action from the drop-down menu.
>
> OR, once you have highlighted some text, you can make the same actions
> from the page EDIT drop-down menu at the top of most windows pages.
>
> Some. modern browsers no longer have a menu at the top, and you then
> need to do the mouse button tricks anywhere outside an image in the page
> text.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Cheers to all. ( I get the Digest only, so sometimes I'm more behind than
> you might think :-) )
>
> Brian Swale.
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