The following instructions, images, illustrations, and outline are based on the use of a PC computer operating under the Microsoft Windows 11 operating system. The details and images in these instructions may vary if you are using a different computer, operating system, or electronic device; for example, if you are using a PC computer operating under the Windows 10 operating system, or if you are using an Apple/Macintosh device. The general concepts and procedures should apply to any similar device, however.

We will use the pictures from the ‘Peanuts Wisdom’ example project in the illustrations for the following instructions. You can view the ‘Peanuts Wisdom’ example project (and other example projects) by clicking here.

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Copying files is a two-step process of copying and pasting; that is, it is a process of copying a file (or files) from one location and pasting it/them to some other location. The copied file(s) remain in tact in their original location and a duplicate of the file(s) is created in the new location.

In this example, we copy picture files (*.jpg) from the ‘Peanuts’ folder to the ‘My Slideshow Pictures’ folder. In this case, the ‘My Slideshow Pictures’ folder is initially empty; that is, it does not initially have any files in it.

To start the process, open the ‘Peanuts’ folder (click on the folder name) and select a (picture) file by clicking on its name. The file name will highlight as shown.

To select more than one (picture) file, hold down the <Ctrl> key on the keyboard while clicking on each individual (picture) file name you want to include in the multiple selection of files. Your selection(s) will look like this.

To copy the selected file(s), hold down the <Ctrl> key on the keyboard and press the <C> key on the keyboard. This will copy the selected file(s) to the computer’s ‘Clipboard’ temporary storage area.

Now open the folder (click on the folder name) to which you want to copy the file(s) (in this example, we open the ‘My Slideshow Pictures’ folder by clicking on its name) and paste the copied (picture) file(s) from the computer’s ‘Clipboard’ temporary storage area to the ‘My Slideshow Pictures’ folder by holding down the <Ctrl> key and pressing the <V> key on the keyboard. The result of the copy-and-paste operation should look like this (BEFORE and AFTER the copy-and-paste operation).

You will now have independent duplicate copies of the selected file(s) in both the ‘My Slideshow Pictures’ folder and the ‘Peanuts’ folders.

BEFORE

AFTER