Copy/paste is ctrl c / ctrl v (Windows) command c / command v (Mac)
Zoom in/out is either a scroll wheel on a mouse, or pinch/zoom gestures on a trackpad.
and see:
and
https://carbide3d.com/carbidecreate/shortcuts
For learning terminology, please see:
If you’ll post the file which is empty we’ll walk through it w/ you step-by-step