Theres many that know how you feel. Time and exploring helps in computors.
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You have a right button on your mouse, put cursor on the line(the pointy thingy,looks like arrowheadLOL)push LEFT button and HOLD..DRAG the MOUSE to highlight what you want, once highlighted push RIGHT Button on mouse and copy...Memory stores that..go to where you want and put pointy thingy on line and hit RIGHT button,,you see the PASTE option, click it, Words magically appear.
Or got a grandson to give you a hand, they teaching them way early.LOL
In high school there was no such thing as internet either, I started with and an ATARI 600XL and learned to wright simple programs, gave that up when Bill Gates got rich.
anyway hope that helps a little...Or you can call the guy and say thanks like the old days.(phones been around long time)lol
HTH, best of luck
what SouthernCal GN's said, it sounds simplier