• zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    So, one day I’m hanging out with my friend, and he introduces me to his friend. Middle-aged guy, seems pretty nice, but he’s having a shit day. Why? Because he had to copy something from an email, and he spent about an hour, flipping back and forth between two windows, copying the email into a Word document or something. I was dumbfounded, and I said “Why didn’t you just copy-paste?” The guy stalks off with his head down, muttering under his breath.

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      8 months ago

      My boss will purposely screen shot text he writes so I have to rewrite it and not copy paste… not fun.

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          8 months ago

          Or an iPhone with access to the email. Probably a feature on Android too, idk, I’ve been away from modern Android for ~3 years.

          Lots of times I’ve realized it’s easier just to take a screenshot (or even a photo of someone else’s phone…did that tonight when my wife was getting a weird error in Netflix) and then copy the text (or just go right to search from the selection).

      • popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org
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        8 months ago

        Text capture saves hours and hours

        I use Microsoft PowerToys for that and dozens of other QOL life hacks.