Technology help for seniors

1. You won’t break it!

2. Keyboard Action What it does
Command
CTRL-C
Copy Copies the highlighted words, image or
section on your screen
CTRL-V
Paste Pastes whatever you last copied to new
destination
CTRL-A
Select Selects everything in document
all
CTRL-P
Print Brings up the print menu
CTRL-X
Cut Gets rid of highlighted material
CTRLPrint Copies everything on your screen to the
PrtScr
screen clipboard
CTRL -F
Find Find a word or words on page

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Why did it move?
How can I get it back to the bottom?
Why does it keep disappearing?
How do I put my favourite programs on
it?

5. Take a screen shot
You can show someone
and ask a question
You can email the picture
to someone for help
You can capture the error message

6. Windows
CTRL- PrtSC
saves to clipboard to paste (CTRL-V)
into another program
Use Screen clipping tool

7. Mac
Command+Shift+3:
Takes a full screen screenshot and
saves it to the desktop
Use the Grab Tool
found in Utilities

8. iPad, iPhone iPod
Hold down power and Home button at same time

9. Android
Hold down power and vol.
down button at the same
time