# Copying with no edit **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 6, 2001, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copying-with-no-edit/61092 "2001-04-06T21:52:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![suziek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@suziek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suziek)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copying-with-no-edit/61092/1 "2001-04-06T21:52:10Z")
I want to copy something from the Associated Press site into a comment box on the China Daily News website, but the comment box pops up with no menu at the top and no โ€œeditโ€. Does anyone know how to do this? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copying-with-no-edit/61092/2 "2001-04-06T22:08:50Z")
In most Windows programs you can copy with Ctrl+c and paste with Ctrl+v. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copying-with-no-edit/61092/3 "2001-04-07T02:26:28Z")
Alternatively, when you have the text highlighted, you can right-click and pick copy from the menu that pops up. You can also press the menu key (the special windows 9x key that nobody ever uses) next to the right-hand windows key to pop up the context menu. Or you could press ctrl-insert. And there are probably a dozen other ways. ๐Ÿ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![suziek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@suziek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suziek)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2001, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copying-with-no-edit/61092/4 "2001-04-07T07:52:00Z")
That is so neat! Thanks.