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I can't seem to work out how to copy text from a PDF file, so that I could paste it into a Word document or other type of text file. Can anyone help me with a set of instructions on how to do it? I have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0, on a PC running with Vista.
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'These acts of keeping politics out of music, however, do not prevent musicology from being a political act . . .they assure that every apolitical act assumes a greater political immediacy' - Philip Bohlman, 'Musicology as a Political Act'
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« Reply #1 on: 11:53:58, 03-08-2007 » |
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I can't seem to work out how to copy text from a PDF file, so that I could paste it into a Word document or other type of text file. Can anyone help me with a set of instructions on how to do it? I have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0, on a PC running with Vista.
On the Acrobat toolbar, you should see a button marked "select". Click on this, then select the text by holding down the left mouse button. Then right-click, which will bring up a dialogue box offering the option to copy to the clipboard. Do this, then paste into the Word document as per usual. |
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« Reply #2 on: 15:29:28, 03-08-2007 » |
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Thanks from me, PW! I'd more or less decided that was impossible in Adobe 7.0, although I used to have a previous version of Adobe where it was very easy to click on anything and highlight it. I hadn't realised that the 'Select' option in the toolbar still allowed you to do that.  The other thing I can't do any more in Adobe, that used to be very easy, is use the Advanced Editing > Text function to edit little bits of text - delete letters, change fonts etc. If I do this with a PDF that's been sent to me by anyone else, it usually tells me I don't have the correct fonts installed or something like that. Never used to be a problem before I upgraded.  |
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« Reply #3 on: 16:23:27, 03-08-2007 » |
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Permit me a rant if you will.  I used to like Adobe Acrobat Reader, but the latest version was either installed by another member of the family, or installed itself, and I am no longer able to forward an entire document to myself by email (so that I can save it on my own PC). |
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« Reply #4 on: 16:50:38, 03-08-2007 » |
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I can't seem to work out how to copy text from a PDF file, so that I could paste it into a Word document or other type of text file. Can anyone help me with a set of instructions on how to do it? I have Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0, on a PC running with Vista.
On the Acrobat toolbar, you should see a button marked "select". Click on this, then select the text by holding down the left mouse button. Then right-click, which will bring up a dialogue box offering the option to copy to the clipboard. Do this, then paste into the Word document as per usual. I have a different experience - I don't know if this is because I'm using Acrobat Reader 8 on a Mac, or whether it's something to do with the way the pdf was originally saved - but I have a pdf here which will only let me 'select' text in boxes, and copy as images; won't let me 'select all'; and when I try 'save as text' I get ... an empty text file. Hmph. |
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Ian Pace
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« Reply #5 on: 19:48:23, 03-08-2007 » |
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Many thanks for the advice, pw, will try it out!
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'These acts of keeping politics out of music, however, do not prevent musicology from being a political act . . .they assure that every apolitical act assumes a greater political immediacy' - Philip Bohlman, 'Musicology as a Political Act'
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« Reply #6 on: 19:54:05, 03-08-2007 » |
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Permit me a rant if you will. I used to like Adobe Acrobat Reader, but the latest version was either installed by another member of the family, or installed itself, and I am no longer able to forward an entire document to myself by email (so that I can save it on my own PC). Now I'm confused...whyever not? What happens? Have you looked on the Help/Troubleshooter? |
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Ian Pace
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« Reply #7 on: 19:57:12, 03-08-2007 » |
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Permit me a rant if you will. I used to like Adobe Acrobat Reader, but the latest version was either installed by another member of the family, or installed itself, and I am no longer able to forward an entire document to myself by email (so that I can save it on my own PC). Now I'm confused...whyever not? What happens? Have you looked on the Help/Troubleshooter? The Help facility on that (and various other software) tends to make me feel I know less rather than more after consulting it. |
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'These acts of keeping politics out of music, however, do not prevent musicology from being a political act . . .they assure that every apolitical act assumes a greater political immediacy' - Philip Bohlman, 'Musicology as a Political Act'
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« Reply #8 on: 23:09:19, 04-08-2007 » |
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I've got Adobe Reader 8 on XP, it lets me click and drag to select text without clicking on any buttons in the toolbar. When I do CTRL+C it then gives me an error saying that it can't copy to the clipboard but it has done it, because I can then do CTRL+V to paste into a text file or whatever.
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