Copy and paste web page

Question

Hi,this is my first post. When using Internet Explorer on the PC I can copy and paste anything I highlight but in Safari on my Mac it only copies the text so when i paste into Word I only get the text. Is there a way of setting Safari up so that it copies the images as well.
Thanks David

Answer 1

You cannot make any changes to how Safari handles copy/paste behavior. But perhaps you can make use of screenshots or printing an entire web page to PDF.
If you wanted to send somebody a small portion of a screen with images, text, etc., you could hit Command-Shift-4 then use the mouse to select an area of the screen that you want to capture. After you've done this, you'll see "Picture 1" on your Desktop which you can easily email to somebody else (just drag "Picture 1" from the Desktop onto the Mail icon in your Dock).
If you want to capture the entire web page to send to somebody, try Command-P to bring up the print dialog, then in the lower-left you'll see options for PDF - choose "Save as PDF". Once again, you'll be able to send the result file by email.
I use both of these techniques on a regular basis. One of the things that's especially nice about them is their ability to capture what you see exactly. Unlike Internet Explorer copy/paste, which might not look the same once you put it into an email, or the receiver's email client might not display the message as you saw it. None of this happens when you send a fixed image - what you see is what the receiver will see.
Kaan