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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.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted paint = highlight? dalehileman 05/14/06 03:18 PM Re: paint = highlight? Buffalo Shrdlu 05/14/06 03:20 PM Re: paint = highlight? tsuwm 05/14/06 03:33 PM Re: paint = highlight? Buffalo Shrdlu 05/14/06 03:43 PM Re: paint = highlight? dalehileman 05/14/06 05:02 PM Re: paint = highlight? Capital Kiwi 05/14/06 07:56 PM Re: paint = highlight? Faldage 05/14/06 09:43 PM Re: paint = highlight? zmjezhd 05/14/06 10:18 PM Re: paint = highlight? TEd Remington 05/14/06 10:57 PM Re: paint = highlight? tsuwm 05/15/06 03:15 AM Re: paint = highlight? of troy 05/15/06 03:27 AM Re: paint = highlight? tsuwm 05/15/06 03:33 AM Re: paint = highlight? zmjezhd 05/15/06 12:02 PM Re: paint = highlight? of troy 05/14/06 09:45 PM
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