Scenario #1: Say you have
a form you need to fill out. You email Central Office for a copy.
Just highlight the text with the mouse (hold the left mouse button) or
with the keyboard ("Shift" and arrow keys), then hit Control ("Ctrl" for
PC users; "open Apple" for Mac users) and "C" to copy the text. Go
to whichever application you are going to use to fill the form out and
hit Control (ditto) and "V" to paste it. You just saved yourself
the trouble of printing and retyping it.
Scenario #2: Let's say you have
to repeat a bit of text throughout a document, just type it once, copy
it, and paste it whenever you need it.
Scenario #3: Someone just emailed
you the URL to a great new website. Copy it from the message and
paste it into the address field on your browser. (You can do the
same thing with email addresses as well.)
Scenario #4: Say you have a document
such as a newsletter or list of announcements. You want to email
this to the staff or your kids. You could attach the file to your
message, but that would require the reader to open a second application
when he or she already has the email software open. If your reader
has no need of the original file, only the message, it is rude to put him
or her to the trouble. Solution: Paste the text of your document
into the body of the email message and send it.
Scenario #5: What if you find something
on a web page you want: a form, list, an address and phone number?
You could copy this to a document you could save later. I have compiled
address books and other reference documents this way.
