[pchelpers] Re: copy web page text trick

I've found this works in many windows programs, especially MS ones. You
may get some stray characters with it, but it's a useful capture method.

G.R. Hanson wrote:
> 
> Hello. I got this copy web page text trick in email today and thought
> I would share it.
> Of course I knew about the control-c, but the shift key addition was
> new to me.
> Sincerely,
> Re-Na Hanson
> Arkansas USA
> 
> Copy Web Page Text
> 
> To copy text from a Web page, you can drag the mouse across
> text to select it and then press Ctrl + C to copy it. This
> method is fine unless you need to select a large body of
> text. In this case, you can click at the left side of the
> beginning word in the text and then hold Shift down while
> you click after the last word of the text. All you have to
> do now is press Ctrl + C. This works in Microsoft Internet
> Explorer 6 and Netscape 6.2 and most likely many others. It
> does not work in Opera 6.
> 
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