# Copy selected text

**URL:** https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/copy-selected-text/8819
**Category:** Tips
**Created:** [December 12, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/copy-selected-text/8819 "2009-12-12T20:04:46Z")
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### Author: ![chatoyer](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@chatoyer](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/chatoyer)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/copy-selected-text/8819/1 "2009-12-12T20:04:46Z")

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I must be missing something, but for me SHIFT+COMMAND+5 no longer captures formatted text from either Safari or NetNewsWire.

SHIFT+COMMAND+9 no longer works either.

Anyone else experiencing this?

David

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### Author: ![chatoyer](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@chatoyer](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/chatoyer)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/copy-selected-text/8819/2 "2009-12-12T20:15:15Z")

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actually, seems like a re-start fixed it.

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### Author: ![system](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/4/4e6ff70c96be2eb307a274d890bba8d71ba671b3.png) [@system](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/copy-selected-text/8819/3 "2022-01-21T11:06:56Z")

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