To copy on PC, highlight any text using your mouse by clicking and dragging across your desired text. Then, without clicking anything else, press the Ctrl and the letter C on your keyboard, or ...

Selecting text to copy You can copy text from any app that lets you highlight its text, or from any app that allows you to type in text with the virtual keyboard.

Selecting and copying text from an image, no matter what device you have, is easy to do with the help of built-in tools and extra add-ons.

Android SwiftKey Copy any text on your screen by highlighting it, and tapping the Copy button. Next, tap the clipboard button at the top of the keyboard.

Extracting text from an image is then as simple as right-clicking on it, then choosing Copy Text from Picture.

Text Lens will also allow you to copy text from saved files on your Mac: You can import images, PDFs, or other files, and Text Lens will copy everything on the page.

Apple’s iOS 15.4 update launched in March 2022. If you haven’t been copying text from images to make Notes in your iPhone, you need to check out this time-saving hack.

How to use Text Extractor on Windows You’ll now see the keyboard shortcut for Text Extractor in the right pane in PowerToys. By default, this shortcut is Windows key + Shift + T.