How To Copy and Paste HTML Code in 3 Easy Steps

This basic HTML tutorial teaches how to copy and paste HTML. You can use the 3 Easy Steps to copy and paste just about anything anywhere. It doesn't have to be HTML. You can use these basic steps to copy and paste just about anything.

Even though you can setup and run a blog without the knowledge of HTML coding it is definitely something you should learn a little bit about. This lesson will teach you the basics of copying and pasting HTML code. You don't really need to know anything about how HTML is constructed to copy and paste it. Just make sure you are always copying exactly what you are given if it is for a gadget, widget, ad, or script.

STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Select all of the HTML code that you want to copy by either: - dragging your mouse over all the text from the top left and then straight down, or - holding the CTRL + A keys down on your keyboard at the same time
    
2. Copy the HTML code to your computer's clipboard by either: - right-clicking on top of the selected HTML code and then left-clicking on Copy, or - holding the CTRL + C keys down on your keyboard at the same time
    
3. Paste the HTML code by switching to the screen where you want to paste the HTML code and clicking your mouse on the space where you will be pasting the code and either: - right-clicking in the blank space and left-clicking on Paste, or - holding the CTRL + V down on your keyboard at the same time

Using keyboard shortcuts is the easiest way to select, copy, and then paste HTML code. Here is an example in pictures to show you how copy something in a new post in your blog at Blogger.com. In this example it shows how to copy and paste Google Adsense HTML Code into a post.

Step 1: Select the HTML Code Click in the window or box where the code is located and press CTRL + A.

Step 2: Copy the HTML Code With the HTML code still selected press CTRL + C.

Step 3: Paste the HTML Code Click where you want to paste the code and press CTRL + V.

Just make sure you are always copying exactly what you are given if it is for a gadget, widget, ad, or script. Click Save Now if you want to save the post.

You can use the 3 Easy Steps to copy and paste just about anything anywhere. It doesn't have to be HTML.

Remember, setting up a blog with Blogger is free so everyone can try their hand at blogging.

Just remember: CTRL + A CTRL + C CTRL + V

As a blogger I have to copy and paste HTML all of the time. It is an important skill just about anyone who uses the computer nowadays needs to know because. Knowing how to copy and paste is a basic concept and you can use it in any program, not just with HTML. As a contest blogger I often copy and paste rules to share with my readers.