Adobe Acrobat 8 3D - Manual (Page 148)

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User Guide
Select and copy text
You can copy words, lines, or columns of text from a PDF.
1 Using the Select tool , do any of the following:
• Drag across text.
• Double-click or triple-click to select a word or a line of text.
2 Move the pointer over the icon that appears next to the selected text, and then choose an option from the menu.
If you cannot select text, it may be part of an image or from a scanned document.
See also
“Select and copy text” on page 146
Select and copy an image
You can copy an image from a PDF to the clipboard or to another application, or you can save it to a file.
1 Using the Select tool , click an image or drag to select a portion of it after the pointer changes to a crosshairs icon.
2 Do any of the following:
• Drag the image into an open document in another application.
• Right-click/Control-click the image and choose Copy Image or Save Image As.
See also
“Copy images” on page 148
Take a snapshot of a page
Use the Snapshot tool to copy all selected content. Text and images are both copied as an image.
1 Choose Tools > Select & Zoom > Snapshot tool.
2 Drag on the page to select content, or click to copy the entire page.
The selected content is copied to the clipboard when you release the mouse button.
See also
“Take a snapshot of a page” on page 149