Hi Steve :)
   I Know that someone will correct me :) (I am used to it... hehehe) but I
think that WordStar (from Pre-DOS days) established the keystrokes that were
around until the last few years ... and some of us still tend to try and use
'em...I think the control key selection is from the very early PC days long
before apple or MickeySoft...Tho' I think the CMD key was Apple's original
idea... but again... I am used to being corrected :)

Art "back to Cognos :) " Bahrs

----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: Pasting returns (was: It's greek to me)


 >>>  snip <<<<
> > I thought <CTRL>+C and <CTRL>+V were ancient holdovers from
> > the Wordstar.

>
> Actually, having used Macs in a previous life, I believe Microsoft
> 'borrowed' the concept from the Mac.  The original Win 3.0 applications I
> used only had the Ctrl-Insert/Shift-Insert/Ctrl-Delete choices, which my
> simple mind kept getting mixed up.  I was used to the Mac's
> Cmd-X/Cmd-C/Cmv-V keys and was actually glad to see Windows adopt
something
> similar (the PC lacking the Command key chose the Control key).
>
> Steve Miller
> Portion Pac, Inc
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