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trof

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Fri May-14-04 09:56 AM
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Need help w/Acrobat Reader

I can't figure a way to highlight lines/paragraphs/pages to print or send/compile in another program, like Wordpad, etc.

All I get is the little grabby hand.
Any ideas?

I'm working with a 75 page doc, and wants to take some excerpts.
Thanks.

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flowomo

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Fri May-14-04 09:59 AM
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1. It's not "text", it's a picture.... you can't "edit it

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Misunderestimator

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Fri May-14-04 09:59 AM
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2. The point with PDFs is that they cannot be edited

unless you have the Acrobat Editor... the reader is just a reader...

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burythehatchet

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Fri May-14-04 10:00 AM
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3. some pdf docs - especially those that have been scanned, are actually

pictures. So you can't highlight text. Your other option is to use the graphics select tool but that will pick up the entire picture and you still will not be able to convert to text

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Deja Q

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Fri May-14-04 10:01 AM
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4. Do a print-screen and use a OCR program to translate the pic into text

Of course, the full PDF creation program "Adobe Acrobat" would cost as much... :-(

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Submariner

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Fri May-14-04 10:02 AM
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5. You have to click on the "T"

at the top of the page which will shift the hand to a cursor that you can highlight with. Then, you have to save your highlighted text to the Acrobat clip board. Then, you can go to the clip board highlight the text you saved and cut and paste that. Good luck.

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dedhed

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Fri May-14-04 10:02 AM
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6. I believe such features are available in the retail version...

... of Adobe Acrobat, but not the free-to-download Acrobat Reader. You may want to upgrade, if that's something you'll do on a regular basis.

:bounce:

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ZenLefty

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Fri May-14-04 10:02 AM
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7. You should have a Text Select tool button

Keyboard shortcut is the letter 'v'. Try hitting 'v' and see if your cursor changes from grabby hand to a text select thingy.

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ZenLefty

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Fri May-14-04 10:04 AM
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8. If you don't have this...

then it's not available on the reader.

Also, if it doesn't work, it may be that the .pdf is an image, and you can't copy the text directly.

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trof

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Fri May-14-04 10:12 AM
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9. You guys are AYE-FERKING-MAZING!

The "T" works!
For me, DU is at least as good a resource as google.
I don't think I've had a single question go unanswered here.
Y'all make me PROUD!
:toast:

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Misunderestimator

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Fri May-14-04 10:30 AM
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12. Doh.... I was thinking you were trying to edit the thing

I need to read these posts more thoroughly. Yes, the T works.

:think:

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trof

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Fri May-14-04 10:14 AM
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10. Here's your reward

http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pubs/1999/techbatl/techbatl.pdf

You'll see some selected paragraphs in a GD post later.

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chookie

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Fri May-14-04 10:25 AM
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11. Another way

You can open the document in Adobe Illustrator, page by page, and grab the text from there. Great if you have Adobe Illustrator, useless if not.

.pdf is an "end" distribution format -- not meant for editing -- just for cross-platform distribution.

You might be better off re-typing the parts you want.

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