Abstract: A computer system is provided for transferring graphical textual information into an application program. The arrangement comprises an information transfer means, activated in response to a user action on an input device of the computer system, for identifying on the computer display screen a user selected source of textual information, and transferring said textual information as a bit image into a first predetermined location of the computer memory. The arrangement using optical character recognition logic (OCR) coupled to the information transfer means, for generating a character code for each character image identified in the image stored in the first memory location. The generated character codes are stored by said information transfer means into a second predetermined location of the computer memory. The source information is available to this second location to be inserted into a destination application program by being pasted into a user defined screen location.