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Basic Computer Tutorial--Selecting Text

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Selecting text using Click & Drag

  1. Put the mouse cursor in front of the first l in little.
  2. Hold the left mouse button down.
  3. Move the mouse along the mouse pad so that little is now highlighted. The word little is now selected.
  4. Press the Delete or Backspace key. Now the entire word has been erased.
  5. Type in a new word to describe the lamb.

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Keyboard Introduction | The Backspace Key | The Delete Key
Selecting Text using Click & Drag
  
This exercise was adapted with permission from the Technology Learning Center of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and the Buffalo and Erie County Technology Training Department

 


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