In Microsoft Word and Excel, add only the text you copy from a Web page or other source, and leave the images, formatting, and other nontext elements behind. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about ...

Copy and paste are two of the most used functions in everyday computing and it can be frustrating when text styles clash with what you’re currently working on. Read on for how to create a system-wide ...

Leave your mouse on the pad and use your PC with only your keyboard--all with a little help from a do-it-yourself text file. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for ...

Did you ever copy some text from a Word document, or from the web, and paste it into an email, only to have the pasted text keep its stupid 24-point Comic Sans formatting? Maybe you had to select ...

If you spend a lot of time in front of your PC and need a lot of copying, cutting, and pasting items, here's good news for you! There is a keyboard shortcut that will save you many hours! When ...

I stopped fixing copied text by hand. My clipboard does it now.

Keyboard shortcuts fall into two main categories on a PC. First are the standard, Windows-based keyboard shortcuts, like "Ctrl-C" and "Ctrl-V" for copy and paste; second are manufacturer-specific ...

Here’s a little timesaver that—even though it’s specific to the iPhone/iPods and iTunes—may help you in other programs as well. As regular readers know, I’m a huge fan of using the keyboard whenever ...

Launchpad, the iOS-style apps launcher feature that appeared in OS X Lion, showed up without a keyboard shortcut enabled for it. Later Macs, of course, have the F4 key assigned as a Launchpad, well, ...