What is copy and paste?

What exactly is copy and paste and do I have to know a lot about computer to do it?

u hight light a paragraph or sentace press right click scroll down to copy then press on the place you want to put it right click and paste it and vala! lol its very easy ull get used to it

yea that girl pretty much wrapped it up in a nutshell.just use the left button on the mouse drag the blinking line over what you want.let go of the left button. right click on the highlighted object scroll down to copy.then go where ever you want to put your stuff at.right click on the designated(I think I spelled that wrong) area and right click.press paste and there you have it.

Thanks for the answer.I just did my first copy and paste.I'm slowly getting this computer thing down.

A simple method of copying text and and pasting it somewhere like a URL or another document.

A simple method of copying text and and pasting it somewhere like a URL or another document.

I think my answer is not need as many of them have answered you and you have successfully done it...

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You can also copy text by highlighting it with the mouse or Shift + Up or Down arrow then pressing Ctrl + Insert. To paste it you can then press Shift + Insert.