Re: [libreoffice-users] Copying text

Thank you but copy & paste is not what I was looking for.


On 11/28/2013 01:52 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> There are many ways.  You can even mix&match.  My usual favourite is
> to select the text with the mouse;
> (single click at the start or end and then keeping my finger down on
> the left mouse button drag the mouse arrow until all the text is
> selected and then release the mouse button)
>
> Then push down and hold the Ctrl key with my little finger.  While i'm
> holding that down i press the "c" key with my middle finger.
> Ctrl c
> This naturally positions my index finger to hover just above the "v".
> Without moving the rest of my hand i ease up on the middle finger but
> leave my little finger pressing down on the Ctrl key.
>
> Then i use the mouse to move to the 1st target area and when i get
> there push down sharply with my index finger and release my index
> finger quickly so that it's hovering again.  Briefly the combination
> was;
> Ctrl v
> "bombs away" right?  Then move swiftly to the 2nd target are and tap
> the v key again with my little finger not having moved off the Ctrl
> key the whole time.  Repeating the same move over and over until the
> text i had initially selected has landed in all the right places.
>
> Ctrl c = copy and oddly c stands for copy, right?
> Ctrl v = paste and the v looks a bit like a down arrow
>
> Another interesting one is
>
> Ctrl x = cut and the x looks a little like a pair of scissors
>
> If it goes horribly wrong then
>
> Ctrl z = undo
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
> On 28 November 2013 21:21, A <publicface@bak.rr.com> wrote:
> > I want to enter text here [xxx] and have it copy that text
> >
> >
> > [here]
> >
> > [here]
> >
> > and [here].
> >
> > How can I do that?
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > Dear Mr. & Mrs. [NAME]
> >
> > Our study of the [NAME] dynasty is complete.  The [NAME] family has a
> > history going back to the ancient Greeks, where Carlos [NAME] first...blah
> > blah blah.
> >
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
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