# Highlight & copy

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/highlight-copy/4429
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [April 21, 2010, 8:55am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/highlight-copy/4429 "2010-04-21T08:55:52Z")
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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2010, 8:55am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/highlight-copy/4429/1 "2010-04-21T08:55:52Z")

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Hi there,

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What is the best way to highlight some text and copy it to the clipboard?

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Thank you!

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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/highlight-copy/4429/2 "2010-04-22T08:17:08Z")

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Is this not possible? A running program display a result on screen, a number, always in the same position. I want to highlight that number, copy it to the clipboard, so that I can save it in a variable and use it within my automise project. Very straight-forward to do with AutoMate - is there no similar functionality in automise?

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### Author: ![paulsamways](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@paulsamways](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/paulsamways)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2010, 12:18pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/highlight-copy/4429/3 "2010-04-23T12:18:31Z")

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Hi,   
  
 You can use the ‘Wait for Window or Control’ action to select the text and then set the option ‘Store caption in variable’ on the ‘On Find Window’ tab. You don’t need to copy it to the clipboard to get it in an Automise variable.   
  
 Regards,   
 Paul.