Copying Part of an Image

You can copy part of an image in Laserfiche and paste it into an external application, or drag and drop it from Laserfiche into an external application. This copy is similar to copying using Print Screen. If you copy a portion of an image that contains text, and the text has been OCRed and indexed by Laserfiche, you will also copy the text.

To copy a portion of an image

  1. Click (the selection tool).
  2. Draw a box around the section of the image you would like to copy.
  3. Press CTRL+C to copy.
  1. Click (the selection tool).
  2. Draw a box around the section of the image you would like to copy.
  3. Press CTRL+C to copy.

To paste a copied portion of an image

  1. Open the application into which you want to paste the copied selection.
  2. Use the application's native Paste command, or press CTRL+ V to paste.
  1. Open the application into which you want to paste the copied selection.
  2. Use the application's native Paste command, or press CTRL+ V to paste.

To drag and drop a portion of an image

  1. Open the application into which you want to paste the copied selection.
  2. Click (the selection tool) in the Laserfiche document you would like to copy.
  3. Draw a box around the section of the image you would like to copy.
  4. Click and drag within the selected section.
  5. Drop the selected section at the desired location in the application you want to paste the selection.

    6. Tip: You can drop the text associated with part of an image (if the document has been OCRed) into a template field to easily fill in that field.

  1. Open the application into which you want to paste the copied selection.
  2. Click (the selection tool) in the Laserfiche document you would like to copy.
  3. Draw a box around the section of the image you would like to copy.
  4. Click and drag within the selected section.
  5. Drop the selected section at the desired location in the application you want to paste the selection.

    6. Tip: You can drop the text associated with part of an image (if the document has been OCRed) into a template field to easily fill in that field.

Note: The format that the copied selection will be pasted as will depend on the application into which it is being pasted. Pasting into an application that primarily handles images, such as Microsoft Paint, will insert the image, while pasting into a text application, such as Notepad, will insert the text. In some applications that can handle both images and text, such as Microsoft Word, you can use a Paste Special command to choose whether to paste text or an image. Note that some applications may support copying and pasting but not support dragging and dropping. For instance, you can paste part of an image into Notepad, but you can't drag and drop an image into Notepad.

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