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This wikiHow teaches you how to screenshot a book from Google Books, and automatically transcribe the book text in a Google Docs document, using a desktop internet browser.
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1Open the Google Book you want to copy. Click a book link to open it in your browser, or use the search function at books.google.com to find a book.
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2Take a screenshot of the part you want to copy. Make sure your screenshot includes all the text you want to copy, and 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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3Open Google Drive in your internet browser. Type drive.google.com into the address bar, and 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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4Click the + New button. 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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5Click File upload on the menu. This option will open a new pop-up window, and allow you to select a file to upload from your computer.
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6Upload your book screenshot. Select your screenshot image in the file navigator window, and click the Open button to upload it to your Drive.
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7Right-click your book screenshot in your Drive library. This will list your right-click options on a drop-down menu.
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8Hover over Open with on the right-click menu. A sub-menu will pop up with a list of available Google apps.
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9Select Google Docs on the Open with menu. 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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10Select the text you want to copy at the bottom of the document. Find the copied book text at the bottom, and click and drag your cursor over the text you want to copy.
- This will highlight the selected text with blue.
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11Right-click the selected text. Your right-click options will pop up on a drop-down menu.
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12Select Copy on the right-click menu. This 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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13Right-click where you want to paste. Your right-click options will pop up.
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14Select Paste on the right-click menu. This 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.
