Here is the text I copied then pasted (first I pasted all this into a new plain text DevonThink document, then selected all the text, and pasted here in this forum post):
Avoiding EAT
Probate is a service provided by the Superior Court to assist in the administration of estates after a person with a will dies. Court officials examine the documents and provide the applicants with a certificate stating that there was a technically valid will and that the applicants are entitled to be the executors pursuant to that will.
Probate is only a limited technical review of the will. It does not validate the will in a more fundamental sense. For example, it cannot prevent a lawsuit, such as by a person excluded from the will who challenges the mental competence of the testator, or a dependant of the deceased who has not received adequate support under the will.
The term probate is also used loosely for situations where a person died intestate (without a will). In that case, the court grants a right of administration to the appropriate applicant, based on the laws of intestacy under the Succession Law Reform Act.
Probate is not always required where there is a will
One important thing to remember is that probate is not always necessary. It depends on what was in the estate. At common law, the will by itself gives the executors the direct legal right to deal with the property that belonged to the deceased person: “The executor obtains authority, not from the probate, but from the will.” (Granovsky Estate v. Ontario, para. 17). There is no legal obligation to obtain probate.
Probate is not the source of the executor’s authority, but only serves as certified evidence of it. Some custodians of money, such as banks, will usually not give access to that money without the evidence of probate. However, this is a matter for their discretion, not a legal requirement. Banks will often exercise their discretion to release some money without probate, such as to pay for funeral expenses.
Below: the output I want, after conversion to pdf (note, the screenshot is the text still in formatted note format)
Below: the output I got, after conversion to pdf
