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1 Open the Google Book you want to copy.
2 Take a screenshot of the part you want to copy.
3 Open Google Drive in your internet browser.
4 Click the + New button.
5 Click File upload on the menu.
6 Upload your book screenshot.
7 Right-click your book screenshot in your Drive library.
8 Hover over Open with on the right-click menu.
9 Select Google Docs on the Open with menu.
10 Select the text you want to copy at the bottom of the document.
11 Right-click the selected text.
12 Select Copy on the right-click menu.
13 Right-click where you want to paste.
14 Select Paste on the right-click menu.
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Hoping to transfer the contents of a Google Book somewhere else? You’re in good hands. We’ve covered exactly how to screenshot a book from Google Books and automatically transcribe the book text in a Google Docs document with a desktop internet browser.
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1
Open the Google Book you want to copy.
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Click a book link to open it in your browser. You can also use the search function at books.google.com to find a book.
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2
Take a screenshot of the part you want to copy.
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Make sure your screenshot includes all the text you want to copy. Then, save it to your computer.
- If you’re not sure how to take a screenshot on your computer, you can follow the steps here for some help.
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Open Google Drive in your internet browser.
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Type drive.google.com into the address bar. Then, hit ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return on your keyboard.
- If you’re not automatically logged in, click the Go to Google Drive button and sign in with your Google account.
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Click the + New button.
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This button is located in the upper-left corner of your Drive library. It will allow you to upload a new file or folder to your cloud.
- Your options will pop up on a drop-down menu.
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Click File upload on the menu.
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This option will open a new pop-up window. It’ll allow you to select a file to upload from your computer.
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6
Upload your book screenshot.
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Select your screenshot image in the file navigator window. Click the Open button to upload it to your Drive.
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Right-click your book screenshot in your Drive library.
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Hover over Open with on the right-click menu.
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Select Google Docs on the Open with menu.
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This will open your screenshot in a new Google Docs document. Google Docs will automatically recognize all the text in your screenshot, and copy it to the bottom of the document as editable text.
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Select the text you want to copy at the bottom of the document.
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Find the copied book text at the bottom. Click and drag your cursor over the text you want to copy.
- This will highlight the selected text in blue.
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Right-click the selected text.
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Select Copy on the right-click menu.
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Selecting “copy” will copy the selected text to your clipboard. If you want to use a keyboard shortcut, you can press ⌘ Command+C on Mac or Control+C on Windows to copy.
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Right-click where you want to paste.
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Select Paste on the right-click menu.
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Selecting paste will paste the copied book text here. As a shortcut, you can press ⌘ Command+V on Mac or Control+V on Windows to paste.
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1. Take a screenshot of a book page.
2. Upload your screenshot to Google Drive.
3. Right-click the screenshot in Drive.
4. Click Open with, and select Google Docs.
5. Find the editable book text at the bottom of the document.
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