# Select and copy images

A selection that is copied to the Clipboard using the Snapshot tool is copied in image format, even if it contains text.

| Select the Snapshot tool , and do one of the following:

| Click anywhere in the page to select all the text and images displayed on the screen.
| Drag to create a selection rectangle around text, images, or a combination of both.
| Drag to create a selection rectangle within an image.
| Colors in the selected area are inverted momentarily to highlight the selection. The selection is copied automatically to the Clipboard when you release the mouse button.

| To view the clipboard, do one of the following:

| (Windows) Choose Window > Clipboard Viewer.
| (Mac OS) In the Finder, choose Edit > Show Clipboard.
| You can use the Edit > Paste command to paste the copied selection into a document in another application.

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