The preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a method and
apparatus for copying images from a source document to a destination
document in a computer user interface. The preferred embodiment provides a
user interface that gives the user the option to cut or copy information
from an image and extract the textual information from the copied image in
one cut and paste. The extracted text can then be pasted into the
destination document as text. Thus, textual information from an image can
easily and automatically be copied into text portions of the destination
document. Alternatively, the image with the text removed can be copied
into the destination in one cut and paste operation.
