I understand that at the moment this is the only way to do it, which is why I asked this forum for help, because maybe a program exists that enables this system-wide that I don't know about.

You misunderstand. What I want is kinda like ctrl+c/v (no matter which program you use, you'll always have the option to ctrl+c/v text, even if the program never programmed the feature in, because...

So my question is asking for a universal solution is what I'm saying.

Where did you try it? Other than firefox, word, outlook, and another few programs it doesn't do anything...:(

I'm looking for a way to select a few lines of text, or just a few words, and then select another line/word somewhere else in the same paragraph.

https://i.redd.it/l3ycospeycy11.png
it's similar...