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Capture - To capture a copy of textarea to your clipboard memory:

  • Left-click in the textarea box
  • Select the box content "Ctrl-A" [ right-click / select all ]
  • Place the highlighted section in your clipboard "Ctrl-C" [ right-click / copy ]

Paste - To make a copy of textarea boxes:

  • Capture the textarea (See "Capture" above)
  • Open any text editor like Windows Notepad
  • Paste the clipboard content "Ctrl-V" [ right-click / paste ]
  • Save the file (See "Save" below)

Save - To save a text file (from NotePad), do the following:

  • Click on [ File / Save As . . . ]
  • Change the File type to "All Files"
  • Browse the "Save in:" to pick the folder
  • Set the file name (IMPORTANT - include the extension: ".txt", ".htm", etc.)
  • Click on "Save"

Web Save - To save the full contents of a web page in the current window:

  • Click on [ File / Save As]
  • Browse the "Save in:" to pick the folder
  • Verify the file name
  • Verify File type of "Web Page, complete"
  • Click on "Save"

Using the following JavaScript does NOT generate as flexible of a "Save As . . ." dialog box, but the method is provided for your information.  It does not save the web page support files:

Save this file to your HD

The HTML anchor (link) code for this looks like:
 

<a href="#" onclick="javascript: document.execCommand('SaveAs','true','save.htm');return false;">Save this file to your HD</a>

 

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