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Re: You know you're a keyboard-head if...
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Wed, 14 Oct 1998 00:58:06 GMT
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Once upon a time, Joe Libido <joelibido@mindspring.com> wrote:

That's OK Todd, do you know how many times I have stopped and used <Ctrl><C> and
<Ctrl><V> to copy and paste instead of simply using the right mouse!!!!!

NoNoNo -- the proper keys are ctrl-insert to copy and shift-insert to
paste.(1)  That way, I don't have to take my hand off the mouse.

Steve

(1) Of course, Win95's Explorer doesn't support these keystrokes. Grr.



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  Re: You know you're a keyboard-head if...
 
(...) Actually, the _proper_ way is for selecting text to copy it, and the middle mouse button to paste. (26 years ago, 14-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: You know you're a keyboard-head if...
 
(...) Uh... How does this keep you from taking your hand off the mouse? On MY keyboard, i can do ctrl+c and ctrl+v with one hand. But not reach the insert key. Sarah Heacock (26 years ago, 14-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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(...) That's OK Todd, do you know how many times I have stopped and used <Ctrl><C> and <Ctrl><V> to copy and paste instead of simply using the right mouse!!!!! (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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