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There are endless reasons for wanting to copy sections of text.
Here’s how to use this handy tool.
Steps
Tools and Requirements
Step by step guide
1. you might also head to theDashboardsection of PowerToys and activate the toggle from here.
Customise the keyboard shortcut
Text Extractor can be activated with a keyboard shortcut, and by default this isWindows+Shift+T.
Head to theText Extractorsection of PowerToys and then smack the pencil icon in theActivate shortcutsection.
Press the shortcuts you would prefer to use and clickSave.
The tool will use the system language by preference - i.e.
In theText Extractorsection of PowerToys, simply select a language from thePreferred languagedrop-down menu.
With PowerToys installed and Text Extractor enabled, you essentially integrate OCR-powered text capture intoWindows 11.
There are free options such asFreeOCRwhich are worth considering too.
