Using your solitaire skills (Drag & Drop) - Video Tip

Believe it or not, Microsoft put Solitaire in Windows to help new computer users get comfortable with the mouse and its functions. After years of playing solitaire, this tip will help you put the skills to use. I like to call this technique the "ol' 8 or hearts on the 9 of clubs trick." In computer talk, what you are doing when you move one card to another in solitaire is the "drag & drop."

Drag & drop ( " the ol' 8 or hearts on the 9 of clubs trick") is an extremely helpful and time saving skill to use in other computer activities. One of my favorite places to use it is moving files (pictures, documents, etc) from one location to another. For example, if you open a CD or memory card full of pictures up in one window and open another folder on your computer (like My Pictures) in another window, you can then drag files from one window to another.

The same drag & drop technique can also be used to move text from one area to another. This can be used to move information from one word processing document to another or from the web to an email or between two emails. The possibilities are limitless.

Drag & drop can also be used to open documents. One could drag a picture onto a Photoshop icon to start the program and have it open the picture at the same time. This works with Word documents and much, much more.

Start putting those hard earned solitaire skills to use with your other computer activities.

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