> This 'discovery' may be widely known - but maybe not.

I discovered the same thing by accident a few months ago. :)

> The actual selection is a bit painful as you need to click and hold at one 
> corner and then drag the mouse diagonally past the opposite diagonal 
> corner and wait while the screen chuggingly (depending on your PC) pans to 
> the other corner of the image - then release the mouse button and bob's 
> your uncle. Annoying but effective.

Try this:

1. Zoom out, and select whatever area you want to copy using the Graphic 
Select tool.
2. Now, zoom in as far as you need to, and Edit-Copy.

Best regards,

Vitaliy 

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