Capture-and-paste method for electronic device

A capture-and-paste tool for an electronic device having a processor, the processor executing at least one application and enabling a display unit of the electronic device to display at least one application window corresponding to the at least one application being executed by the processor on the display unit, the capture-and-paste tool comprising:

• program instructions for configuring the processor to define a working zone on the display unit, the working zone being superimposed on the application window that serves as an image source, the working zone having a transparent state, in which a part of the application window that underlies the working zone is visible through the working zone;
• program instructions for configuring the processor to move the working zone having the transparent state on the display unit to correspond in position to a user-selected part of the application window that serves as the image source in response to user instructions received by the processor;
• program instructions for configuring the processor to convert the working zone from the transparent state to an image-capture state, in which the user-selected part of the application window that serves as the image source is captured by the working zone to result in captured content, in response to a user instruction received by the processor;
• program instructions for configuring the processor to move the working zone on the display unit to correspond in position to a user-selected part of the application window that serves as an editing target in response to user instructions received by the processor;
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• program instructions for configuring the processor to paste the captured content onto the user-selected part of the application window that serves as the editing target in response to a user instruction received by the processor.

A capture-and-paste method to be implemented by a processor of an electronic device, the processor executing at least one application and enabling a display unit of the electronic device to display at least one application window corresponding to the at least one application being executed by the processor on the display unit, the capture-and-paste method comprising the steps of:

• a) configuring the processor to define a working zone on the display unit, the working zone being superimposed on the application window that serves as an image source, the working zone having a transparent state, in which a part of the application window that underlies the working zone is visible through the working zone;
• b) configuring the processor to convert the working zone from the transparent state to a first image-capture state, in which the part of the application window that underlies the working zone is captured by the working zone to result in captured content, in response to a user instruction received by the processor;
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• c) configuring the processor to paste the captured content onto the application window that serves as an editing target in response to a user instruction received by the processor.