Get those fingers moving by understanding more about your clipboard. It begins with selecting items in a window, then copying or cutting and pasting to your keyboard buffer. Bear in mind that if you select a picture, then you should not necessarily paste it into a word processor document.
One can select all the items in an open window by pressing <CTL-A>
To unselect, use your mouse and left click in that window. If you want to copy all selected items type <CTL-C>.
To paste to a different part of the open document, or open a new document, and type <CTL-V>
Remember:
CTL-A Select All
CTL-C Copy all selected items to the clipboard
CTL-V Paste all copied items.
CTL-X Cuts the selected item
Paste Special enables one to paste as plain text without font information.
Copying Screens, or parts of the screen
<SHIFT>-PrntScrn Copies the whole screen to the keyboard buffer.
<SHIFT><ALT>-PrntScrn Copies the active window to the keyboard buffer. Opening a graphics editor and pressing CTL-V should give you that active screen as a graphic where choices can be made to save as BMP, JPG, TIFF. PNG (Portable Network Graphics), or the native file format for the graphics editor you use.
Many desktop editorial people can almost do this with their eyes closed. I'm convinced that I've used a keyboard that often I need to have that other carpal tunnel repaired by a neurosurgeon. This would almost be categorized as a self-inflicted wound by anyone in the armed forces.
TrevorF - 1 May 2007