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What is "Copy and Paste?"

 * Copy and Paste is the ability to select and copy text from one location, and insert it into another location.
 * It is possible to "Copy and Paste" text from PDFs, Internet pages, and document files into the FamilySearch Research Wiki
 * However, not all of the formatting will be included when copying and pasting between different computer program files.
 * Special instructions are available if you want to copy and paste text from a spreadsheet, such as an Excel document.

Coping text
1. You can save text by either using the mouse or the keyboard. 1.1 To save with your mouse, place the cursor to the left of the text you want to copy and then, by holding down the left key on your mouse, drag the cursor to the end of what you want to save. 1.2 To save with the keyboard, place the cursor to the left of the text you want to copy, hold down the "Shift" key and then press down the right pointing arrow on your keyboard until you get to the end of the material you want to save. 2. Next save the highlighted text to your "clipboard" in your computer by either hitting the CTR+C key or use the right key on the mouse and click "copy."

Pasting text
1. Click [edit] for the Visual Editor. 2. Place your cursor where you want to place your text. 3. Next click either CTR+V or use the right key on your mouse and click "paste." 4. Your text should now appear in the editor. 5. Then click save.

Be aware that copying and pasting from other internet sites do not always work. Sometimes things just do not cooperate.

How to Paste into a Wiki Page using Wikitext
1. Click on [Edit source] at the top of the page to access the entire page or [Edit source] next to the heading to access only the section under it. 2. In the Wikitext edit box, go to the place where you want to place the additional material and either use CTR+V or the right key of your mouse to paste. 3. Click Save at the bottom of the page and don't forget to include a "Summary" of what the additional material was about.

Problems with pasting
1. Occasionally you will find that copying does not work the way you want. Often, if the font is large on the page you are copying from, it may paste that way on a Wiki page. If you find this happening, first paste the material in "notepad" which comes with your windows operating system and then copy and paste that into your Wiki page. The notepad will usually get rid of extraneous coding and give you pure text. 2. In case you cannot find "notepad" on your computer, you can also use a free text editor called "Notepad++" which you can download off the internet.