Select only certain text in an HTML table
In Mozilla Firefox, users may highlight only certain rows, columns, or cells of an HTML (hypertext markup language) table by pressing Ctrl on the keyboard and click each cell individually. Once you have selected the appropriate cells, you can copy and paste their text into another program, such as a text editor or word processor. Additionally, clicking and dragging the mouse up or down a column, or left or right through a row achieves a similar effect.
Unfortunately, this tip only works in Firefox. Other browsers, such as Chrome and Internet Explorer, do not support this feature.
Further explanation
To select data in the second column of the following HTML table, press Ctrl, click the Example 2 cell and drag down to Four. Once selected, press Ctrl+C to copy the data, and press Ctrl+V to paste it elsewhere.
| Example 1 | Example 2 | Example 3 |
| One | Three | Five |
| Two | Four | Six. |