🃏Joker@sh.itjust.works to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agoWe need libre paste, people.sh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWe need libre paste, people.sh.itjust.works🃏Joker@sh.itjust.works to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square115fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTriflingToad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoDon’t fuck with copy too, my schools e-textbook thing won’t let you copy text when quoting it for an essay.
minus-squareFinal Remix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoCengage? McGraw? Both have that problem in my classes so I went hard into the open access stuff for my students.
minus-squarePriorityMotif@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoI always just find a pdf to use even if I had to pay for the service. One time the pictures they provided (tables) were so difficult to read that I tracked down the original source material and sent copies to the professor and the rest of the class.
minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoNow that is an everyday hero in action.
minus-squareDrSteveBrule@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoMy textbook on Norton has all the text in <p> tags if you inspect the page. It’s annoying to have to go to such lengths to copy text, but it works.
minus-squareConstant Pain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoInstall Windows Powertoys, activate the Text Extractor plugin, Windows+Shift+t, profit!
Don’t fuck with copy too, my schools e-textbook thing won’t let you copy text when quoting it for an essay.
Cengage? McGraw?
Both have that problem in my classes so I went hard into the open access stuff for my students.
I always just find a pdf to use even if I had to pay for the service. One time the pictures they provided (tables) were so difficult to read that I tracked down the original source material and sent copies to the professor and the rest of the class.
Now that is an everyday hero in action.
Damn, what a noble gesture!
My textbook on Norton has all the text in <p> tags if you inspect the page. It’s annoying to have to go to such lengths to copy text, but it works.
Install Windows Powertoys, activate the Text Extractor plugin, Windows+Shift+t, profit!