Educational Insights EI-7924G manual Select Multiple Cells to Cut, Copy, or Paste

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You can do the following with a single selected cell:

1.Edit – Double-click on the cell or press Ewhile it is selected. Its editor window will be opened.

2.Copy – While the cell is selected, click the tool on the toolbar, choose the Edit → Copy option from the menu bar, or press J+ c.

3.Cut – While the cell is selected, click the tool on the toolbar, choose the Edit → Cut option from the menu bar, or press J+ x.

4.Paste – While the cell is selected, click the tool on the toolbar, choose the Edit → Paste option from the menu bar, or press J+ v.

5.A copied or cut single-cell selection can only be pasted into another compatible single-cell.

a.A Game Name cell can only be pasted into another Game Name cell.

b.A Category Information cell can be pasted into any other Category Information cell.

c.A Clue/Response cell can be pasted into any other Clue/Response cell.

d.A Final Jeopardy! cell can only be pasted into another Final Jeopardy! cell.

You can change the selection in the following ways:

6.Once a single-cell selection has been made you can move it within the category/clue/response grid by using the arrow keys. (Note: When using the arrow keys, the selected cell wraps around between the right and left edge columns, and the top and bottom edge rows of the template grid.)

7.Once a single-cell selection has been made you can move between different cell types (Game Name, Category Information, or Final Jeopardy!) within the template by using the Tkey. (Note: when using the Tkey, the selection moves in the following circular sequence: Game Name, Category 1, Final Jeopardy!, Game Name, . . .)

The selection will not enter the clue/response grid.

8.Once a single-cell selection has been made you can move between template areas in the reverse direction using S+ T. (Note: when using the S+ T keys, the selection moves in the following circular sequence: Final Jeopardy!, Category 1, Game Name, Final Jeopardy!, . . .) The selection will not enter the clue/response grid.

9.Once a single-cell selection has been made you can move from its cell editor window to an adjacent cell’s editor window using the J+ arrow keys (Ufor the cell above,

Vfor the cell below, Wfor the cell to the left, and Xfor the cell to the right). The cell editor window for the originally selected cell will close and the appropriate adjacent cell’s editor window will open. When using the J+ arrow keys, the selection wraps around between the right and left edge columns, and top and bottom edge rows.

Select Multiple Cells to Cut, Copy, or Paste

Click and drag on multiple cells to select them: typically you will drag down and/or to the right to select more cells, and up and/or to the left to select fewer cells. Once the desired group of cells are selected, simply release the mouse button to finalize the selection. You can select a new group of cells by simply clicking a new starting cell and dragging to expand the

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