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Established: 9/19/94
Updated: 10/29/01
Saving Text From the World Wide
Web:
A Web Tutorial
When you save web addresses or portions of text for notes or for a report or project, copy the location of the page by selecting the address in the " Address" or "Location" bar at the top of your browser. Next, pull down the "Edit" menu and click on "Copy." Next, open your word processing file. Now Pull down the "Edit" menu and click on "Paste." Your address will now be pasted into your notes for later reference. You will need this information when you cite your sources in a bibliography. (NOTE: Detailed Information about how to cite your sources is located here. Be sure to put the text in YOUR OWN WORDS before using it in your documents. Copying work from others is PLAGIARISM and is A CRIME punishable by law.) NOTE: For more information see "Keeping Kids Honest," published in Middle Ground, NMSA, August, 2001.
Save all information in your word processor if you are working with large blocks of text. If you are copying small amounts of text, use the "Notepad" or "Stickies" feature on a Mac or the "Word Pad" in Windows to record this information.
Should you save to a folder or a disk? If you work on the same machine daily, you may save to a folder on your hard drive. If you are working on a shared machine in a lab, you may want to save to a disk.
Saving Text to a Folder:
- Create a folder on your hard drive in
a convenient location.
- On a Mac:
Make a new folder by first clicking on the desktop (that big open space on your computer monitor). Then Pull down the "File" Menu and release on "New Folder." You will see an untitled folder on the desktop. Name the folder by typing "Downloads" or another name you will remember. - In Windows95: "Right Click" on the desktop (that big open space on your monitor.) Slide up the menu to "New" and then slide to "Folder" and release. Name your folder by typing "Downloads" or another name you will remember.
- On a Mac:
- Select the text you want to save by clicking and dragging across the entire block of text. If you have difficulty, try starting at the upper left hand corner and dragging the mouse to the lower right. Release the mouse button and the text should be selected or darkened.
- Pull down the "Edit" menu and release on "Copy."
- Open a new file in your word processor.
- Pull down the "Edit" menu
and release the mouse on "Paste." You should now see all
of your text in the word processor.
On a Macintosh:
- Pull down the "File"
menu and release on "Save." Use the pop-up window to
navigate to your folder. When you see the name of your folder at
the top of your window (see the screen below), click on
"Save."
In Windows95:- Pull down the "File"
menu and release on "Save." Use the pop-up window to
navigate to your folder. When you see the name of your folder at
the top of your window (see the screen below), click on
"Save."
- Pull down the "File"
menu and release on "Save." Use the pop-up window to
navigate to your folder. When you see the name of your folder at
the top of your window (see the screen below), click on
"Save."
- Practice with the text on this page.
- Name your disk by typing the name
wish as you format the disk. If your disk is already formatted, you
may change the name by clicking on the name once and typing any name
you wish. It is helpful to know the name of your disk before you
begin.
- Select the text you want to save by clicking and dragging across the entire block of text. If you have difficulty, try starting at the upper left hand corner and dragging the mouse to the lower right. Release the mouse button and the text should be selected or darkened.
- Pull down the "Edit" menu and release on "Copy."
- Open a new file in your word processor.
- Pull down the "Edit" menu
and release the mouse on "Paste." You should now see all
of your text in the word processor.
On a Macintosh:- Pull down the "File" menu and release on "Save."
- Use the pop-up window to navigate
to your disk. When you see the name of your disk at the top of
your window (see the screen below), click on "Save."
- Type a name which describes the content of the text.
- Click on "Save".
In Windows95:- Pull down the "File"
menu and release on "Save." Use the pop-up window to
navigate to your folder. When you see "A:" at the top
of your window (see the screen below), click on
"Save."
- Pull down the "File"
menu and release on "Save." Use the pop-up window to
navigate to your folder. When you see "A:" at the top
of your window (see the screen below), click on
"Save."
- Practice with the text on this page by selecting, copying, and saving to your folder or disk.
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Send questions or comments to Caroline McCullen, SAS Institute, Cary, NC
Created 6/2/97 - Updated 10/29/01