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oh, I'll admit that painting is *clever.
in teaching, of course, we use the word "select" extensively: select, then open; select, then delete; select, then copy; etc. and how, exactly, does one select something?
with the mouse, you depress (click) and hold the left mouse button, and drag the mouse, causing the text background you drag across to turn blue and the corresponding text to turn white. this (you explain) is just like using a highlighter on a book or newspaper. you might even demonstrate this with the typical yellow marker.
I suggest that "painting" is a poor analogy, as paint would cover everything -- text and background. the last thing you prolly want to do in teaching technical things to non-technical folks is confuse things by brushing with broad strokes.
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paint is used in formating.. (fomate painter in MS products..even has a paint brush as the icon.
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yes, and Paint is also a primitive drawing application from MS, which we use to introduce graphics aps (as opposed to word processing aps).
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You WENT to those meetings?
Part of the job description.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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