All you need to do is to highlight the text, it can be a word, sentence or even paragraph(s).
Drag the highlighted text and drop it to the desktop. You will immediately see a new txt file (with the name “dropped_text.txt”) on the desktop. Open this text file and you will find your text within.
Note: I have tested this on Ubuntu and it works fine on various desktop manager. I am not sure if this works for other distro as well.
Damien Oh started writing tech articles since 2007 and has over 10 years of experience in the tech industry. He is proficient in Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iOS, and worked as a part time WordPress Developer. He is currently the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Make Tech Easier.
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