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Copy & Prep · MANUAL

Collect and prepare selected text.

Select useful text on a web page and add it from the right-click menu. Reorder passages, tidy line breaks and copy them together.

Select a passage and collect it from the right-click menu.
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GUIDE 01

Collect and copy passages

The basic flow from selection to copy.

STEP 1 of 3
STEP 1

Add to Chrome

Add Copy & Prep from the Chrome Web Store.

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Watch the demo

A walkthrough recorded before 1.0.0 was published, using fictional collected text, with no audio. Tidy, review items and sources, then copy. The current published version (1.0.1) adds buttons that copy without reviewing first and an optional sample-text trial, so some screens differ. Open video
Settings

Settings: what to choose and what changes

Use settings to edit collected passages and choose the format used when copying them together.

Open the settings

Open Copy & Prep from Chrome’s extensions menu and choose Open settings. Collected text appears above Output settings and Sources.

Save and apply

Output settings save when changed. Text edits require Save; cleanup requires Apply after reviewing the preview. Collected passages and settings stay in this browser.

Collect and organize

Collect text
How to set it

Enable collection, or turn it off to stop adding passages.

What happens

Off removes the context-menu command. Already collected text remains available to review and copy.

Selection and order
How to set it

Check the items you want and move them up or down.

What happens

Selected-item output includes only checked items in displayed order; all-item output includes every item. Editing, changing or deleting an item clears its selection, so review the selection before copying.

Edit / Tidy text
How to set it

Edit the body and save it. For cleanup, review before and after, then apply the transformed text.

What happens

This updates the stored passage. Cleanup adjusts whitespace and line breaks; it does not summarize or rewrite the content. Closing the preview alone does not apply it.

Delete / Clear all
How to set it

Delete unwanted items, or confirm Clear all to remove the whole collection.

What happens

Stored passages are removed. Turning collection off does not do this. Copy anything you need before clearing it.

Output and sources

Output format
How to set it

Choose Plain text or Markdown.

What happens

Plain text separates passages with blank lines. Markdown adds --- between passages. It does not turn the body into headings or lists.

Include page title / URL / Date added
How to set it

Enable each source detail you want. All are off initially.

What happens

Enabled source lines follow each passage. Missing values are omitted. Turning source output off does not delete stored source metadata.

Source-label language
How to set it

Enable at least one source detail, then choose Japanese or English.

What happens

Only source labels change. It does not translate the passage or change the interface language. The selector is disabled when all source details are off.

Exclude sources during review
How to set it

Open Review all or Review selected, select items under source URL review/exclusion, then refresh the output preview.

What happens

Those items’ title, URL and date are omitted from this output only. Stored metadata is unchanged; exclusions reset when the review closes.

Check the result
How to set it

With at least two items, choose Markdown and include URLs, then review all items.

What happens

Check the --- separators and source URLs in the preview before copying. Direct Copy all / Copy selected skips the review, so use the review buttons to inspect changed settings.

USE CASES · Use cases

Collect first, review before use.

Pick only the text you need and check its order and sources.

Personal use

Read several articles

Collect only the paragraphs you want to revisit using the right-click menu.

TipWhole pages are not collected automatically.
Things to know

The final check is yours.

Only explicitly added text

It handles selections you add from the right-click menu, not the whole page.

Review before tidying

Tidy up adjusts line breaks and spaces. It does not summarize, rephrase or proofread.

Items remain after copying

Selected and edited text, page title, URL and date added are stored locally until you delete them.

Sources are off by default

Turn on page title, URL or date added for output when needed. Academic citation formats are not generated.