Textedit select text between keywords

Hello,
I have had a search and no luck in finding out how to easily do the below:
I have been able to successfully copy the contents of a webapge to my textedit.
What I would now like to do is copy text to clipboard between keywords; for eg.
File Name image101
Description
I would like to copy all the information between "File Name" and "Description"
Any help is appreciated

Not sure exactly what you mean by that?
When I inspect the element all I see is :
<td width="99%" class="ac td_fname">Changing file name</a></td>
Im trying to write something that will copy that file name, which changes depending on which webpage you select.

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Here is a script which may be useful if your problem surface again.
--{code}
--[SCRIPT words_attributes_to_Style]
Enregistrer le script en tant que Script : words_attributes_to_Style.scpt
déplacer le fichier ainsi créé dans le dossier
<VolumeDeDémarrage>:Users:<votreCompte>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Pages:
Il vous faudra peut-être créer le dossier Pages et peut-être même le dossier Applications.
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le style "Souligné" aux mots soulignés
le style "Accentuation" aux mots en gras
le style "Italic" (si vous l'avez créé) aux mots en italique.
--=====
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L’Utilitaire AppleScript permet d’activer le Menu des scripts :
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Sous 10.6.x,
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the named style "Emphasis" to bolded words
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--=====
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--=====
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2011/11/13
2011/11/13 enhanced by Nigel Garvey in : http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?pid=145883#p145883
--=====
on run
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Assuming that you defined your own Italic style named "Italic", you may use : *)
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getLocalizedName()
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"STYLE_Heading 2" = "Sous-section 2";
"STYLE_Heading 3" = "Sous-section 3";
"STYLE_Heading 4" = "Sous-section 4";
"STYLE_Heading 5" = "Sous-section 5";
"STYLE_Heading 6" = "Sous-section 6";
"STYLE_Heading 7" = "Sous-section 7";
"STYLE_Heading 8" = "Sous-section 8";
"STYLE_Heading 9" = "Sous-section 9";
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"STYLE_Normal" = "Normal";
"STYLE_Normal 22" = "Normal 22";
"STYLE_Normal 4" = "Normal 4";
"STYLE_Normal 8" = "Normal 8";
"STYLE_Numbered List" = "Liste numérotée";
"STYLE_Series_0" = "Series_0";
"STYLE_Series_1" = "Series_1";
"STYLE_Series_2" = "Series_2";
"STYLE_Series_3" = "Series_3";
"STYLE_Series_4" = "Series_4";
"STYLE_Series_5" = "Series_5";
"STYLE_Strikethrough" = "Barré";
"STYLE_TOC" = "Table des matières";
"STYLE_TOC Heading 1" = "Sous-section 1 de table des matières";
"STYLE_TOC Heading 2" = "Sous-section 2 de table des matières";
"STYLE_TOC Heading 3" = "Sous-section 3 de table des matières";
"STYLE_TOC Heading 4" = "Sous-section 4 de table des matières";
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capitalization type (all caps/normal capitalization/small caps) : Whether a capitalization style is applied.
character background color (color) : The color of the character's background.
color (color) : The color of the font.
font name (text) : The name of the font.
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italic (boolean) : Whether the font style is italic.
ligatures (all ligatures/default ligatures/none) : Remove ligatures from the target text if the document is set to use ligatures.
name (text) : The name of the style.
outline (boolean) : Whether the font style is outline.
shadow (boolean) : Whether the text box content casts a shadow or not.
shadow angle (real) : The directional angle, in degrees, that the shadow is cast.
shadow blur (integer) : The relative amount of blur of images seen through the shadow.
shadow color (color) : The color of the shadow.
shadow offset (real) : The offset from the text box content that the shadow extends to.
shadow opacity (real) : The amount of opacity for the shadow, in percent.
strikethrough color (color) : The color of the strikethrough line(s).
strikethrough type (double strikethrough/none/single strikethrough) : Whether one or more lines are drawn through the characters.
subscript (boolean) : Decrease the font size and lower the baseline of the text.
superscript (boolean) : Decrease the font size and raise the baseline of the text.
tracking (real) : The space between text characters, in percent.
underline color (color) : The color of the underline(s).
underline type (double underline/none/single underline) : Whether the font style is underline.
--[/SCRIPT]
--{code}
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iMac 21”5, i7, 2.8 GHz, 12 Gbytes, 1 Tbytes, mac OS X 10.6.8 and 10.7.2
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Message was edited by: Pierre L. (show format bar)

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I've been using OS X in my Macbook Pro since Snow Leopard, and if I choose "tap with one finger to click", I can use double tap and move with one finger to select text if the cursor is between text.
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Caolei,
I don't know if you'll ever see this, but thank you! I hope this helps somebody else down the line, too.
re. "I can use double tap and move with one finger to select text if the cursor is between text."
I've been trying to figure out how to select text with tapping and without clicking.
This did the trick.
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I haven't been able to find the part about double tapping between text to begin a selection (which seems to work best when double tapping directly next to a letter) anywhere in the help system on or online. I probably just missed it, though.
Clicking with the built-in trackpad on my MacBook Pro w/ Retina or Magic Mouse just takes too much pressure for an old-time touch typist like me.
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The whole mystique of Mac / Apple being intuitive and user-friendly seems to be one of the greatest marketing coups / unbelievable con jobs of the last century.
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CASE_NUMBER NARRATIVE
000000GA ^000000G-A CHIEF OF POLICE 02-02-95 PGE 1^***BATCH RUN COPY***^INCIDENT: MOLEST OTHER^LOCATION: 00416 N COLORADO AV OTHER:^EI20^ATTENTION:^ SEX OFFENSE^NOTIFIED: 02-01-95 2300 HRS BY: OTHER INVEST 02-01-95 2305 HRS^ARRESTS: 00 INJURED: 00 DEAD: 00 VEH TOWED: 00 BEAT: B51^^PERSON 01^VICTIM-PERSON^STEVE WOOLBRIGHT NH/W/M/14/08-31-80^SUBPEONA: N^ADDRESS: 00416 N COLORADO AV^HOME-PHONE: 322-9249^^^NARRATIVE:^REPORT MADE FROM STATE 310 REPORT STATING ABOVE-LISTED SUBJECT^HAS BEEN SEXUALLY MOLESTED. INVESTIGATION REQUESTED.^^4725 POPCHEFF A P4687^^02-01-95 2025 HRS - WILDER EULA W3163 TAPE:02^^ 95.033 00:23-END OF REPORT-95.033 00:26^^^
000718GB ^000718G-B ADDITION CHIEF OF POLICE 08-08-95 PGE 1^***BATCH RUN COPY***^INCIDENT: RECOVERED STOL. VEH PUBLIC STREET-ALLEY^LOCATION: PLAINFIELD,IN OTHER:^OCCURED: 04-01-93 TIME UNKNOWN EO11^ATTENTION:^ AUTO DESK AUTO THEFT WEST DISTRICT^NOTIFIED: 08-07-95 1600 HRS BY: OTHER INVEST 08-07-95 1600 HRS^ARRESTS: 00 INJURED: 00 DEAD: 00 VEH TOWED: 00 BEAT: OJ^^PERSON 01^OWNER/OPERATOR^DAVID FURMAN NH/W/M/ 08-20-57^DRIVERS LICENSE/SSN: 310702334^ADDRESS: 02495 AVON RD PLAINFIELD IN^HOME-PHONE: 838-0467^^^VEHICLE 01^PICKUP^BLACK 91 FORD F350 2DR^VIN: 2FTJW35G6MCA99397^DISPOSITION: RECOVERED^COMMENTS: OWNER RECOVERED VEHICLE IN 1993^^NARRATIVE:^ON 08/07/95, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM JAMES BEARD OF THE^^ -CONTINUED-^
000718GB ^000718G-B ADDITION CHIEF OF POLICE 08-08-95 PGE 2^^NATIONAL INSURANCE CRIME BUREAU WHO STATED HE WAS DOING A^CHECK OF HIS RECORDS AND CAME ACROSS A VEHICLE THAT WAS^STOLEN ON 04/24/92, UNDER IPD CASE #00718GA. HE STATED HE HAD^SPOKEN TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY ON THIS CASE AND THEY STATED^THEY HAD PAID OFF ON THE VEHICLE AND SOLD THE VEHICLE BACK TO^THE OWNER. APPARENTLY THE PERSON REPORTING THE EVENT, DAVID^FURMAN, REPORTED HIS VEHICLE STOLEN ON 04/24/92, APPROXIMATELY^1 YEAR LATER HE WAS CONTACTED BY AN UNIDENTIFIED PERSON AND^TOLD HIM TO MEET HIM ON A CORNER IN THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA AND TO^GIVE THE MAN $5,000.00 AND HE WOULD GIVE HIM HIS TRUCK BACK.^MR. FURMAN HAD ALREADY BEEN PAID BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY^APPROXIMATELY $31,000.00 IN RESTITUTION FOR HIS VEHICLE.^MR. FURMAN THEN WENT TO THIS CORNER LOT AND MET WITH THIS^UNIDENTIFIED W/M AND PAID HIM $5,000 CASH. THE MAN THEN TURNED^THE 1991 PICKUP TRUCK OVER TO MR. FURMAN. MR. FURMAN THEN^SETTLED WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND PAID THEM $19,000.00 AND^BOUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND IT IS^NOW TITLED TO HIM AND REGISTERED TO HIM. HOWEVER, AT NO^POINT DID MR. FURMAN OR THE INSURANCE COMPANY CONTACT THE^POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE SYSTEM AS^BEING STOLEN. THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE REPORT. THE VEHICLE^SHOULD BE REPORTED AS A RECOVERED AND RELEASED TO OWNER. DAMAGE^UNKNOWN.^^^^ -CONTINUED-^
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