a world wide web page using a browser by u201c textual information u201d it is meant information that is to be presented as text such as a news article or the results of a search it is a particular feature of the invention that server 14 stores textual information in a text editable format such as in html or other known format in storage area 20 that may not be directly accessed by clients by u201c text editable u201d it is meant that the textual information in its present form could be copied as text and reused such as by pasting the copied text into a word processor and deleting words etc upon receiving the request from client 16 server 14 determines whether the textual information sought is in area 18 that is accessible to client 16 or in area 20 that is not accessible to client 16 if the textual information is in area 20 server 14 renders the textual information on line into a non text editable format such as a document 24 using methods known in the art by u201c non text editable u201d it is meant that the textual information in its present form could not be copied as text and reused such as by pasting the copied text into a word processor and deleting words etc for example search results may be converted from a text editable format to a non text editable format by rendering the text into a graphical format such as gif or jpeg or by performing text to speech synthesis upon rendering the textual information into a non.