Monday, February 22, 2016

The man who invented How to Copy Paste : Larry Tesler

The man who invented the copy and paste feature is Lawrence Gordon Tesler . He was born on April 24, 1945. He grew up in New York in 1961 and graduated from the Bronx High School of Science. He then studied computer science at Stanford University in worked for a while at the Artificial Intelligence Lab Stranford. He proposed the names "cut" and "copy" for the first step and "paste" for the second step while using different features on text editors during the early 60's.

Larry Tesler the man who invented copy paste
Larry Tesler (grabbed from google free photos)
Without the help and brilliance of this man together with his colleagues, computer work would be so much difficult. Copy and pasting makes things more easier since you can just move files or copy files without much effort. This system has been applied to many text editing now tools like Word and other office applications. It has benefited almost anyone, from schools to offices to companies. It was also adapted by software OS's like windows and mac. The world would be so much different if this was not invented at all.

How to Copy / Cut and Paste:

There are a few steps to do to be able to copy and paste. What you need is a mouse, or your keyboard and touch pad on your laptop or desktop.
  1. The user simply drags his mouse from one point while holding the left click button or holding the shift key. The user simply moves the cursor to select all the letters of the word / file that he / she selected,
  1. The user then performs a "cut" by pressing ctrl + x on his keyboard, or a "copy" by pressing ctrl + c . If the user uses a mouse, he / she can then right-click and select the copy or cut option from the drop down box that appears.
  2. The user then selects a place to place the copied or cutted, then presses ctrl + v to paste the door. Or simply right-clicks on the desired location then selects paste on the dropdown.
  3. The user then waits for files or words to be pasted on the desired location. If you're using a fast computer then it will immediately display depending on the file size being pasted.



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