How To Copy And Paste In An Internet Web Browser Using a web browser's built-in copy and paste feature: Select the text that you want to copy within the text box. Go to the browser's copy page, and you'll find text you can copy and paste. Using the copy features of Google Chrome: Select the text that you want to copy within the text box. Go to the text box, and select the Google Chrome “Copy” button (). In the popup menu that appears, click the “Copy” button () on the toolbar. Then, select the text that you want to copy, and then start typing the copied text to copy it to another document.