
There are endless reasons for wanting to copy sections of text. You might want to duplicate a lengthy passage without having to manually type it out, or you might want to copy and paste a code to avoid making a mistake with manual entry. Copying most text is simple - you just highlight and press Ctrl + C. But there are some snippets of text that you may not be able to select.
A good example is an error code in a popup message; if you want to look up the error online, you may want to copy and paste it into Google to find solutions. But if you can't select text in a dialog box to copy it, what can you do? Microsoft PowerToys has a solution in the form of its Text Extractor module. Here's how to use this handy tool.