How to Copy and Paste PDF Content Into a New File

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When you need to convert only a part of the content in a PDF file to Microsoft Word, you can use the selection tools in Adobe Acrobat 6 Professional to copy and paste the required content without losing the formatting. You can copy text, tables, as well as images or parts of images, for pasting in Word. A note:THIS WILL NOT WORK IN THE FREE/BASIC VERSION OF ADOBE ACROBAT

Steps

   1. To copy text from a PDF document
   2. Click the arrow on the Basic toolbar and select Select Text from the drop-down menu.
      The pointer changes to a cursor shape.

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   3. Select the text you want to copy.

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   4. Press Ctrl + C to copy the selected text.
   5. In a Microsoft Word document, press Ctrl + V to paste the copied text.
      The text is pasted in the Word document without loss of formatting.
   6. To copy a table from a PDF document
   7. Click the arrow on the Basic toolbar and select Select Table from the drop-down menu.
      The pointer changes to a cross-hair shape [ Image:p1_c.png ].
   8. Drag the pointer to draw a border around the table you want to copy.

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   9. Press Ctrl + C to copy the selected table.
  10. In a Microsoft Word document, press Ctrl + V to paste the copied table.
      The table is pasted in the Word document without loss of formatting.
  11. To copy an image from a PDF document
  12. Click the arrow on the Basic toolbar and select Select Image from the drop-down menu.
      When you move the pointer over an image in the PDF document, the pointer changes to a cross-hair shape [ Image:p1_e.png ].
  13. Drag the pointer to select the image, or the part of the image, you want to copy.
      The selected part of the image appears in inverted colors.

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  14. Press Ctrl + C to copy the selected image.
  15. In a Microsoft Word document, press Ctrl + V to paste the selected image.



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