When copying from a drawing window
· Select the window you wish to copy.
· Select Copy from the Edit menu (or use Ctrl C).
· Select the scale or enter your own custom scale and name.
· Click OK.
To paste this selection into a word processor or spreadsheet
· Select Paste from the Edit menu (or use Ctrl V).
When copying from a data window:
· Select the appropriate column by clicking in the column title bar.
or
· Select the appropriate row by clicking on the row number.
or
· Select the whole window by clicking in the top left hand corner.

· Select Copy from the Edit menu (or use Ctrl C).
· To copy the column titles as well as the selected data, hold down the Shift key while selecting Copy (or use Shift Ctrl C)
It is also possible to select arbitrary blocks of text rather than complete rows or columns or individual cells.

To achieve a rectangular selection, hold down the mouse button in the cell that you wish to be a corner of the required selection. Drag the mouse in any direction and multiple cells will highlight. If you drag the mouse outside of the table boundaries, the cells will automatically scroll in the correct direction.
Alternatively, click in one cell, than hold down the Shift key and click in a second cell. All cells between the two chosen will be selected.
To paste into the selected cells, choose Paste from the Edit menu (or use Ctrl V).