I would like to know how to cut and paste at least I think that is what I want to do. This is something I just can't master I'm sure it must be simple. I will explain what it is I want to do......Sometimes I come across some really great bits of info eg the Topic started by (the gnome) " WD-40..This may be of interest" and I would like to print it out without all the background text and pics...it uses up too much ink and so I usually just save the page and put it in a file for later reference. I've got that many files saved for this reason.... I'm a bit old fashioned and I like to still hold that written word in my hand or put it in a folder along with all my other things of interest. Yes I know I agree I must be a frustrated office worker....and yes I agree I'm probably not doing my bit in saving the trees but I often wonder how sad it would be if my poor little old almost pre-historic computer decided to die one day and all my hard work and research was lost somewhere out in cyberspace.
I know how to download my photo's and save them to disc so they are safe and I seem to be able to do most other things to get by.
Hope you can help
Thanks Jude
Gary and Kerry said
09:07 AM Feb 17, 2010
Left click your mouse at the start of the text you want, holding the left key down drag along all the text required, this should then highlight the required text. Then right click inthe highlited area and select copy, alternately you can hold down the control button on your keyboard and press the C key and this will also copy. To paste, right click and select paste or control V and that will insert the text. Hope this makes sense.
Beams said
10:07 AM Feb 17, 2010
Hi Dreamchaser,
What Guru said about the cut & paste is fine, except that you need to have something to paste it to.
So you open your Wordpad first. You will be able to "see" it on your task bar[the bottom strip with all the icons]. Go to the text you want to copy on the web. Follow the procedure for copying as explained by Guru. The info you copied is now on the "Clipboard" - a mythical place that you do not see, but its there.
Now click once with left mouse onto the icon for Worpad. It will open up for you and that is where you click your mouse somewhere then put one finger on ctrl and with the other hand press the V button. That should 'paste' the info there for you to print.
If you want to get rid of all the colour and other stuff that takes the ink, use NOTEPAD instead of Wordpad, It gives you just plain text.
If you need more help, just holler...............
DKay said
11:00 AM Feb 17, 2010
Hi Dreamcaster, This may seem obvious but once you have copied the text into wordpad or similar you have created a file and you need to save it somewhere for future use. Click File > Save as > then your computer will diaplay a window for you to save it to. Name your file as something appropriate . Navigate to the folder that you want to save it to and then click save. You can also save photos or images (on web pages for example) the same way. Put the cursor over the image > right click on the image and select save picture. Then follow the steps to save to an appropriate place on your computer when you see the save window.
Cheers Doug
dreamchaser said
01:52 PM Feb 17, 2010
Thanks everyone..I just can't believe how easy that was...I have been trying to get that for so long...always got as far as copy but didnt know why no options into where to copy to never came up like when you go to save a pic....and i never really new the difference between wordpad and notepad.
Only goes to show as some old wise person said "every day of your life there will always be something else to learn" and I add to that "As long as you ask"
Thanks Jude
Catweazle said
02:07 PM Feb 17, 2010
Hi dreamchaser.
All of the above advice is good. Position the cursor at the beginning of the desired text and depress the left mouse button. Hold the button down whilst draggin the cursor to the end of the desired text and then release. Then right-click on the selected area and choose copy (or alternatively use the Ctrl+C keypress combination to copy).
Pasting it into a document you've created using Wordpad, Notepad or some other word processing program allows you to save it as a file on your hard drive, thumb drive or whatever.
But if all you really wanted to do was print out a hardcopy of the selected text, rather than retaining it on your machine also for future reference, you can do that quite easily without creating a document at all.
Your web browser (Internet Explorer, or Firefox, or whichever other browser you use) will have a 'Print' control, either in the menues or on a toolbar icon. With the desired text selected as above, choose that control.
A dialogue box for your printer should appear then. Rather than immediately clicking OK you can instead use the provided facilities to chose precisely what is to be printed. Depending upon your printer, that'll be on a tab or accessed via a 'Preferences' button. Don't be frightened to have a look and find it. The alternatives usually presented are 'Page', 'Document' and 'Selection'. If you choose the 'Selection' option before you click through the OK buttons to send it to the printer you'll end up with a sheet of paper with just the selected text printed on it.
Cheers.
Denise said
03:03 PM Feb 17, 2010
Wow, I'm constantly amazed at the cumulative knowledge and resource in this mob. I've just learned that as well now, thanks heaps. Cheers....:)
Beams said
03:53 PM Feb 17, 2010
Hi Catweazle,
I'm new here so I thought I'd say "Hi'. Must say your outfit caught my eye. Didn't know one should wear Sunday Best to appear on this forum!!
Like the hairdo as well. Would have tried it myself, except I dont think it sits too well with grey hair.
But the smile is the best!!
Cheers,
Beams
Xinaaswell said
05:17 PM Feb 17, 2010
Why don't you just back all your data up onto a memory stick??
Popeye said
06:55 PM Feb 17, 2010
Jude
Theres a little program called Clipmate. If you want it I can send it to you. If so I will contact you on your whiteboard
Popeye
xina said
07:08 PM Feb 17, 2010
Xinaaswell wrote:
Why don't you just back all your data up onto a memory stick??
Just read on another Forum, that Memory Sticks are not suitable for long-term storage.
Transferring data only.
Don't know if this is correct. Can any-one else Clarify ?
Cheers, xina.
glassies said
07:25 PM Feb 17, 2010
i paid about 70 dollars in a store for an external hard drive holds music pics the lot its realy good
the memory hold is something i will never need its pretty big .
but they are the go can plug them into any persons computer to view your pics etc so its a bonza
Beams said
07:52 PM Feb 17, 2010
I have been using memory sticks for a few years now. I bought good quality ones and I bought one on the net. The one I bought on the net, an 8 gb didn't last long. It died on me and all the photos I had on it went with it.
The good ones are all still going bar one, which also died on me suddenly with all its files.
I have asked various "computer people" about these two memory sticks. None of them were able to tell me why or to retrieve my files.
Now I keep them only as transporters. I make sure I have a copy of their contents somewhere else as well.
Marie
xina said
08:03 PM Feb 17, 2010
Thanks Marie.
Cheers,
xina.
Hylda&Jon said
11:25 PM Feb 17, 2010
Memory sticks can fail, normal Dvd's & CD's can fail & Hard drives(external & internal) can fail also. For important things I would suggest buy some special 'Archival DVD's like listed at the site below, there more expensive but insurance always is: http://www.pcx.com.au/products/detail.asp?item=1264
Or for a free & safe way to backup your important data you can register for a free Gmail, Yahoo mail or Hotmail email account then just email the items to yourself & they will be stored there indefinitely, The storage you get is listed in the gigabites. Cheers...Jon
Catweazle said
08:38 AM Feb 18, 2010
Beams wrote:
I have asked various "computer people" about these two memory sticks. None of them were able to tell me why or to retrieve my files.
Now I keep them only as transporters. I make sure I have a copy of their contents somewhere else as well.
Marie
USB sticks and memory cards are about the least 'safe' medium there is for permanent storage of your data. It's pleasing to hear that you now use them only for temporary storage/transporting files from one machine to another, because that is really the only suitable purpose they serve. Data should never be stored permanently on them.
They frequently 'fail' because power is carried to them via the same interface that data is. They're volatile to tiny fluctuations in power delivery, especially when being removed/disconnected.
The 'good news' is that, when they 'fail', it's usually the 'format' which gets lost rather than the data files themselves. The files will often still be there, but the computer cannot read them because the 'street directory' to their locations has been scrambled. If you pop a USB stick in the 'pooter and get a message that it's unreadable you should disconnect it and refrain from further use until you have 'Data Recovery' software installed and ready to use with it. If instead you format and reuse the thing, you'll destroy your chances of recovering your stuff.
There are numerous freeware and commercial file recovery programs available. Amongst them:
Hi Catweazle,
So good to have someone to talk to that understands IT stuff. Thanks for the links. These should prove valuable to have.
What I meant by "puter people" is those that should know. Professionals. That got me nowhere.
I know that I tried to re-format, but it just would not happen. I must admit I have not tried it on Win7. You never know, it might behave differently. Dunno whether I will have time to do it today as I am getting ready to roll [this is coffee time } but will certainly trying it out asap.
Thanks heaps
Beams
Catweazle said
10:26 AM Feb 18, 2010
Bear in mind that, if a 'drive' has suffered actual physical or electronic damage it can be impossible to recover data from it. Quality professional data recovery services can sometimes recover data from a hard drive which has suffered mechanical failure, by removing the platters from it, placing them in the shell of an identical drive, and then perhaps even using sophisticated equipment to locate and lift the data off it. But such services can be very expensive, costing anything up into the thousands of dollars. Similar results can be obtained (sometimes) with other drive types also.
But if, as is so often the case, the thing has simply been 'zapped' and had its partition table and/or file directory table scrambled, the data recovery can potentially be something which can even be done at home.
Popeye said
11:31 AM Feb 18, 2010
If using Windows 7 and tired of those pesky little arrows on your shortcuts. Here is how you can get rid of them.
Heres a100% guaranteed foolproof and totally safe way of keeping the shortcut away.
Open regedit {start >run>type regedit
Find HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT> LOOK FOR inkfile
In the right pane youll see this entry IsShortcut
Rightclick on it and select RENAME
Now rename it to IsShortcutNot
-- Edited by Popeye on Thursday 18th of February 2010 10:32:45 AM
Catweazle said
11:46 AM Feb 18, 2010
That's not actually a "totally safe" approach, Popeye. That hack can lead to duplicate right-click context menu items being presented, and can also prohibit the shortcut from being 'pinned' to the Taskbar or Start Menu.
-- Edited by Catweazle on Thursday 18th of February 2010 10:48:21 AM
Beams said
11:51 AM Feb 18, 2010
Gee! This is so interesting. I do so wish i had the time to test these things out today, but I doubt it. What I will do is do all the essentials and if I can squeeze some time out for this I will download one or more of the progs you mentioned and try it out.
Would you have a preference for any of those progs?
BTW I tried the drive now - and I am running Win 7 on this machine - but it does not even see it.
Come to think of it, how am I going to apply any of those applications to the drive if my machine does not even see it?
Any clues on that pls?
Beams
Catweazle said
12:00 PM Feb 18, 2010
With the USB drive inserted, right-click on the 'Computer' entry on the Start Menu and then choose 'Manage'. That brings up the Computer Management Console, and when you see it check in the pane at left and select 'Disk Management' from the Storage section.
After the Management Console has scanned for drives check to see if an entry for the USB drive is present. It may appear as an unpartitioned or unformatted drive. If so, there's a chance of data recovery.
'Computer' and/or 'Explorer' themselves won't be able to 'see' the drive if it isn't formatted and thus allocated a drive letter by the system. And if the format has been zapped and corrupted...
-- Edited by Catweazle on Thursday 18th of February 2010 11:00:29 AM
Beams said
12:31 PM Feb 18, 2010
No luck Catweazle. Shucks!! Still had hopes there.
Tried the procedure you outline. When it gave me the Disk Management Window and my drive did not appear, I went to Actions / More Actions. I asked it to scan again, pressed and prodded every button I could, but no joy came of it . . . . .except. . . . that you have taught me something new, and for that I say a heartfelt THANKS.
So I guess in conclusion, if it cannot see the drive it is not going to let me apply any prog to it, will it?
I think I should give it a try anyway. Which of those progs would you start with?
Cheers
Beams
Catweazle said
12:50 PM Feb 18, 2010
Beams, if that USB drive's presence isn't even being detected by the system, and other 'known working' USB connected drives are working, I don't hold much hope of success.
Beams said
12:57 PM Feb 18, 2010
Frankly Popeye, I shy away from making moves I do not quite understand, and when I hear of things to do with the Registry. . . .ooh! it frightens the hell outa me.
Others may be more brave and try it out. Thanks
Beams
Beams said
01:04 PM Feb 18, 2010
Neither do I Catweazle, sob. . .sob... It has been dead for a while, but hope springs eternal and I had imagined it doing a Lazarus act on me. No such luck. Still you have taught me much today and others may also benefit from your expertise. So that is your good deed for the day.
Will have to shut down soon as I am dragging the chain. hate the time when I have to turn off, unplug etc... It all looks so dead!! Ha!Ha!!
But in case you have a last piece of advice, I shall leave it all on for another half an hour or so, then I have to make a move.
Thanks heaps
Beams
Popeye said
01:34 PM Feb 18, 2010
Thank you for that . I had a look at it when I was looking how to get rid of the arrows. Why I did it this way . I do not pin things to my task bar, or clutter my desk top with shortcuts. I have one folder on the desk top called stuff. All my shortcuts go in there. Much neater and tidier.
-- Edited by Popeye on Thursday 18th of February 2010 05:49:35 PM
Beams said
07:40 PM Feb 19, 2010
Hi there Catweazle,
Fortunately this Cara Park also supplies free internet, so I am happily surfing.
You told us much about flash drives. I have some of 256mg and up to an 8gig one. The 16g died.
I also have a Seagate 500g external USB drive which I use purely for storage of all my files.
Is this a good medium for long-term storage or is it unstable like flash drives?
I'd appreciate your views on this.
Cheers,
Beams in Armidale
Gary and Kerry said
07:51 PM Feb 19, 2010
Beams wrote:
Hi there Catweazle,
Fortunately this Cara Park also supplies free internet, so I am happily surfing.
You told us much about flash drives. I have some of 256mg and up to an 8gig one. The 16g died.
I also have a Seagate 500g external USB drive which I use purely for storage of all my files.
Is this a good medium for long-term storage or is it unstable like flash drives?
I'd appreciate your views on this.
Cheers,
Beams in Armidale
I use a Lacer 500G external hd to back my files up so will also be interested in cat's response.
This is something I just can't master I'm sure it must be simple. I will explain what it is I want to do......Sometimes I come across some really great bits of info eg the Topic started by (the gnome) " WD-40..This may be of interest" and I would like to print it out without all the background text and pics...it uses up too much ink and so I usually just save the page and put it in a file for later reference. I've got that many files saved for this reason.... I'm a bit old fashioned and I like to still hold that written word in my hand or put it in a folder along with all my other things of interest.
Yes I know I agree I must be a frustrated office worker....and yes I agree I'm probably not doing my bit in saving the trees but I often wonder how sad it would be if my poor little old almost pre-historic computer decided to die one day and all my hard work and research was lost somewhere out in cyberspace.
I know how to download my photo's and save them to disc so they are safe
and I seem to be able to do most other things to get by.
Hope you can help
Thanks Jude
Then right click inthe highlited area and select copy, alternately you can hold down the control button on your keyboard and press the C key and this will also copy.
To paste, right click and select paste or control V and that will insert the text.
Hope this makes sense.
This may seem obvious but once you have copied the text into wordpad or similar you have created a file and you need to save it somewhere for future use.
Click File > Save as > then your computer will diaplay a window for you to save it to.
Name your file as something appropriate .
Navigate to the folder that you want to save it to and then click save.
You can also save photos or images (on web pages for example) the same way.
Put the cursor over the image > right click on the image and select save picture.
Then follow the steps to save to an appropriate place on your computer when you see the save window.
Cheers
Doug
Jude
Theres a little program called Clipmate. If you want it I can send it to you. If so I will contact you on your whiteboard
Popeye
Transferring data only.
Don't know if this is correct. Can any-one else Clarify ?
Cheers,
xina.
For important things I would suggest buy some special 'Archival DVD's like listed at the site below, there more expensive but insurance always is:
http://www.pcx.com.au/products/detail.asp?item=1264
Or for a free & safe way to backup your important data you can register for a free Gmail, Yahoo mail or Hotmail email account then just email the items to yourself & they will be stored there indefinitely, The storage you get is listed in the gigabites.
Cheers...Jon
They frequently 'fail' because power is carried to them via the same interface that data is. They're volatile to tiny fluctuations in power delivery, especially when being removed/disconnected.
The 'good news' is that, when they 'fail', it's usually the 'format' which gets lost rather than the data files themselves. The files will often still be there, but the computer cannot read them because the 'street directory' to their locations has been scrambled. If you pop a USB stick in the 'pooter and get a message that it's unreadable you should disconnect it and refrain from further use until you have 'Data Recovery' software installed and ready to use with it. If instead you format and reuse the thing, you'll destroy your chances of recovering your stuff.
There are numerous freeware and commercial file recovery programs available. Amongst them:
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
http://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-software.htm
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/
http://www.handyrecovery.com/
If using Windows 7 and tired of those pesky little arrows on your shortcuts. Here is how you can get rid of them.
Heres a100% guaranteed foolproof and totally safe way of keeping the shortcut away.
Open regedit {start >run>type regedit
Find HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT> LOOK FOR inkfile
In the right pane youll see this entry IsShortcut
Rightclick on it and select RENAME
Now rename it to IsShortcutNot
-- Edited by Popeye on Thursday 18th of February 2010 10:32:45 AM
A better solution can be found here:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/01/31/workaround-to-remove-shortcut-arrow-make-transparent-in-windows-7-yet-can-pin-to-taskbar-or-start-menu/
-- Edited by Catweazle on Thursday 18th of February 2010 10:48:21 AM
After the Management Console has scanned for drives check to see if an entry for the USB drive is present. It may appear as an unpartitioned or unformatted drive. If so, there's a chance of data recovery.
'Computer' and/or 'Explorer' themselves won't be able to 'see' the drive if it isn't formatted and thus allocated a drive letter by the system. And if the format has been zapped and corrupted...
-- Edited by Catweazle on Thursday 18th of February 2010 11:00:29 AM
-- Edited by Popeye on Thursday 18th of February 2010 05:49:35 PM
I use a Lacer 500G external hd to back my files up so will also be interested in cat's response.