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Old 11-09-2015, 07:53 PM   #59
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Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
Typical use - when I 'happen to spot' a something like a name of a person, place, product, term etc which I think is misspelt, misused (or creatively used) then I'll want to search the 'net for it. A keyboard friendly copy facility would get me most of the way there - as I said the 'net lookup would be a bonus.

I don't edit books, I edit factual public domain 'papers' from government, consultancies, academia, media etc. Including transcripts of audio & video material e.g. Sunday AM talking-head, bandwidth-wasting, TV programs.

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OK. I can see that.
I guess I was thinking of "highlighted text" as a phrase, or a few sentences. So I was having a hard time imagining such a search turning up anything other than the exact same highlighted text from the same book that was being edited... and already highlighted.
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