How to Copy and Paste
From Netscape Navigator's Document Source
to Windows Write
These instructions describe the process of copying a portion of a document
you are viewing with Netscape Navigator's View ==> Document Source feature
into Windows Write using Windows 3.11. (In Navigator 4.x, this feature
has a slight wording change: View ==> Page Source.) This is useful if you
want to print or save any of the HTML source code of an Internet document.
The Document Source Feature
Netscape's Document Source feature allows you to view the HTML source code
of the document rendered in the browser window. To see this source code,
do the following:
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Click on View on the left of the upper white bar on the Netscape
window
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Click on Document Source
Windows Write
Write is a simple word processing program found in the Accessories program
group. As an alternative, you can paste your text into any word processing
program or text editor installed on your computer.
How to Copy and Paste
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Highlight the text on the Document Source screen that you wish to copy
by holding down on the left mouse button and dragging the cursor down the
screen. When you have reached the last line you want to copy, release the
left mouse button. If you wish to highlight text beyond the immediate screen,
you must deal with this in a separate step.
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Press the Control key and hold it down. Tap the C key. This will copy the
highlighted text.
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Press on the Alt key and hold it down. Tap the Tab key until the words
Program Manager appear in the center of the screen. Release both keys.
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Click on the Accessories program group icon. Click on the word Restore
to open up this program group. Note: this program group may already be
open.
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Double click on the Write icon to open the program.
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Click on Edit at the upper left side of the screen. Click on Paste.
The text copied from Netscape will be copied onto the screen.
If you wish to copy additional text from Document Source into Write,
follow steps 7-11. If you are ready to print or save, go to step 12.
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Return to Netscape by:
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Clicking on a corner of the Netscape screen if it appears beyond the border
of the Write screen, OR
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Holding down the Alt key and tapping the Tab key until the word Netscape
appears in the center of the screen. Release both keys.
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Repeat steps 1 and 2.
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Return to Write by holding down the Alt key and tapping the Tab key until
the word Write appears in the center of the screen. Release both keys.
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Repeat step 6.
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Continue moving back and forth between Netscape and Write, copying from
Netscape and pasting into Write until all the desired text has been copied
into Write.
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Now you are ready to print or save the file.
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To print the text in Write, click on File at the upper left side
of the screen. Click on Print. Click on OK.
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To save the file to diskette, click on File, and then Save As.
Be sure to save the file to a diskette in the A drive. Under Save File
as Type, save as Plain Text (*.txt).
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When you are finished, close the Print or Save As window by clicking on
the minus sign at the upper left edge of the window. Then click on Close.
Close Write by clicking on the minus sign at the upper left edge of the
window. Then click on Close.
Laura Cohen | 12/97
lcohen@cnsvax.albany.edu