retain highlighted information

Is there any way of "remembering" (client side or server side) text highlighted in a text entry field, to pass it to another page? (Without the user manually copying and pasting)

For example:

page1.asp has a web form in it with a <textarea> field in it.

page2.asp has another form with another entry field on it.

If a visitor has text displayed in the field on page1, I want them to be able to highlight part of that text, then go to page2 and have the highlighted section placed in that field automatically.

So basically, an automated copy-and-paste operation.

Is this possible?

NB. Don't worry about why; only about how!



Ta

I only want the part of the contents of the <textarea name="whatever"> that the user has highlighted, i.e., possibly only a word or two, not the entire contents.

I appreciate I'm asking a lot, and it might not even be possible!