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I need to be able to Cut or copy and paste from Firefox , it is presently blocked, need some guidance

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Just trying to figure out how to change my profile so that when I find information while using Firefox, i can either cut or copy and paste that information to an email, a word doc, or some other application. I get a pop-up that says that Mozilla/Firefox doesn't allow me to cut/copy and paste. please help.

Just trying to figure out how to change my profile so that when I find information while using Firefox, i can either cut or copy and paste that information to an email, a word doc, or some other application. I get a pop-up that says that Mozilla/Firefox doesn't allow me to cut/copy and paste. please help.

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https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Granting+JavaScript+access+to+the+clipboard
The AllowClipboard Helper extension will help you set up the necessary permissions.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/852

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The-ed-miester. Please excuse my ignorance, but I just don't understand what I'm supposed to do with this link. When I click on it I get more confused. I am a very uninformed user so please for me. Would you give me a little more step by step??

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Use the keyboard if the buttons on the web page aren't working.

  • Copy: Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Insert
  • Paste: Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert
  • Cut: Ctrl+X or Shift+Delete

You need to add permissions to allow a website to access the clipboard if you want to use buttons on a toolbar on a web page.

You can install the AllowClipboard Helper extension to make it easier to manage those permissions.

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