Make Help text copyable

Rocket J Squirrel

The text in online help may be selected, but not copied to the clipboard. It should be copyable.

Jim_Harman

I agree. That would make it easier to show users what it says, and if we are requesting changes or updates.

UKR

Sounds like a good idea.

Meanwhile ... you know, until the programmers get a round tuit ... access the Help Server from your browser

https://help.quicken.com/display/MAC/Quicken+for+Mac+Help or
https://help.quicken.com/display/WIN/Quicken+Windows+Help
locate the desired Help page there and try to cut & paste from your browser.
You could also use the Windows Snipping Tool or Shift-PrtScreen to capture an image of the text in question to an image file, crop unneeded portions of the image, etc. You know the drill.

Chris_QPW

Maybe a better idea would be if they stopped using that limited embedded web browser and just brought help in you default web browser.  As sits right now, not only can’t you copy and paste you can’t even find out what the URL that they are pulling up is.

UserDavidC

To me, @Chris_QPW idea seems the best way to handle this!

fda2f6fc

I agree w/ Chris. Dump the limited embedded web browser.

Ps56k2

good ideas

mshiggins

I agree completely with the Idea of this discussion.

While waiting for Quicken to implement the improvement, users may be able to work around the limitation.

In my tests, when a Help topic is first displayed, there is some text with a
link in the lower left of the Help window. The text reads: "Slow connection?", the Link reads: "Switch to local help".

Switching to "local help", allows the user to Copy the resulting Help text (though not with a right-click menu option). Pressing CTRL+c, will copy the local Help text to the clipboard.

-JP