A little known trick that you can do with a standard Windows message box is to copy the text displayed. For example, when you get an error message dialog and you want to search to see what might cause it, just do the following:Click on the message box. Press Ctrl + C. Open Notepad. Press Ctrl + V.When you do this, you should see all the text from the message...

If you do a lot of copy-pasting from Firefox, an add-on you simply must have is AutoCopy: Select text and it’s automatically copied to the clipboard. Like Linux or mIRC. Simple enough. Additionally, if you only want to get the plain text instead of the formatted text, this extension works with the Copy Plain Text extension to accomplish this. This is an...

Have you ever had the need to copy text from one machine and then have it available to paste on another computer? If so, there are a variety of ways you can accomplish this such as emailing yourself. However another method is the free “Hey! Paste It” service. The usage is simple:Paste text into the box and then submit it. Make note of the Clip...

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