Understanding Microsoft Office 2010 - Computing Fundamentals - page 174

Selecting Cells in.Excel
To select a contiguous range of cells:

◾ Drag the mouse pointer across the cells (holding down the left mouse button).

◾ Click the first cell to select it and then hold down Shift as you press the arrow keys to extend the selection.

◾ Click the first cell to select it and then hold down Shift and click the last cell.

To select a non-contiguous range of cells:

◾ Click the first cell to select it and then hold down Ctrl and click each individual cell to select.

Using the.Office Clipboard
In the section “Moving and Copying Files and Folders” in Chapter 5,
“Introduction to Windows 7,” you learned about the Windows
Clipboard. This temporary holding area enables you to cut or copy an
item from one location and then paste it into another location, effec-
tively moving or copying it. The Clipboard can also be used to cut, copy,
and paste snippets of data from different applications and data files into
a single file. For example, you can copy a paragraph from a Word docu-
ment and paste it into an Excel worksheet or PowerPoint slide, or into
a different location in Word (either in the same document or a different
document).

Table 7.1 provides a quick summary of the ways to cut, copy, and paste
in Office applications.

Table.7 1 Methods of Cutting, Copying, and Pasting in Office Applications
Action Keyboard shortcut

method

Ribbon method Right-click method

Cut Ctrl+X Home➪Cut Right-click and choose Cut from the shortcut menu.

Copy Ctrl+C Home➪Copy Right-click and choose Copy from the shortcut menu.

Paste Ctrl+V Home➪Paste Right-click and choose Paste from the shortcut menu.

Microsoft Office has an enhanced version of the Clipboard called the
Office Clipboard . It uses the Windows Clipboard as its basis, but adds
the capability to store up to 24 objects at a time. (On the Windows
Clipboard, when you cut or copy another object, the previously saved
object is removed from the Clipboard.)

Office Clipboard The enhanced version of the
Windows Clipboard that appears in Office applica-
tions. It can hold up to 24 items at once.