With Copy Plain Text, you simply select text as you normally, then do any of the following to copy it to the clipboard, formatting-free: Click Edit, Copy as Plain Text.

Learn how to copy and paste text as plain unformatted text natively when using Edge, Chrome or Firefox browsers in Windows 11/10.

You can also copy Live Text from your photos for making use of elsewhere. It's an incredibly simple, useful feature, and here's how it works in its simplest form.

Those who upgraded their machines to MacOS Ventura have the added ability of taking the Live Text functionality up a notch and actually copy words from videos.