Copy search results

Selected results may be copied to the clipboard from the Entrez or BLAST Search Results windows.

To copy detailed information:

1. Select one or more results from the Search Results window using click, Ctrl/Cmd+click, or Shift+click, or by adding a checkbox to the left of the row(s) of interest.

2. Choose Edit > Copy to move results to the clipboard. At a minimum, copied results will include an identifier and description for each selected result.

3. Paste into a spreadsheet or text document.

To copy exact text sequence only:

1. In the bottom pane of the BLAST search results window, select the desired text by dragging your mouse.

2. Choose Edit > Copy to move the selected text to the clipboard.

3. Paste into a spreadsheet or text document.

*When pasting data into a word processing application, choose a mono-spaced font such as Courier so that the alignments display correctly.