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- Selecting only text is difficult.
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- Zoom in and select a single word.
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- Reposition second blue handle.
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- Reposition first handle to start of sentence.
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- Tap the Copy button.
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- Text pasted into Notes.
(To view a larger image with a more detailed description tap or click a thumbnail.)
The following quick tip and shots above illustrate the easy way to copy and paste text from a web page.
In the example screens shown above I used Safari to open the BBC tech section to try and copy only the text from a small portion of the page. This action selected not only the text, but added a thumbnail image and other unwanted elements. By zooming in to the paragraph of text on the web page using the pinch technique, selecting text becomes a much easier exercise enabling surgeon-like precision. Generally I tap and hold on a single word until the blue handles appear, then position the handles over the text I need, and lastly tap the Copy button.
Glasskeys
glasskeys.com 
For some reason I could not select one word on this web page, although I can on other pages.
By: Dass on 08/01/2011
at 4:22 am
Dass,
I didn’t do anything special to this post — honest!
Cheers,
Stephen
By: glasskeys on 08/02/2011
at 9:23 pm