Select and Copy Text and Graphics in Acrobat – Tutorial

Select and Copy Text and Graphics in Acrobat: Overview

            You can easily select and copy text and graphics in Acrobat, which you can then paste into other software applications or use to create other PDF files. When you first open a PDF, notice that the Selection tool is Acrobat’s default tool and that it is already selected and active. The Selection tool can be found just to the left of the Hand tool in the Common Tools toolbar.

            You can use the Selection tool to select either images or text. When you hover the Selection tool over text, the tool becomes an I-beam selector and you can click and drag to select the text you want to copy. The Selection tool highlights the text to show exactly what was selected. To copy this text, select “Edit| Copy” from the Menu Bar. Once copied, this text can be pasted into another software application, like Microsoft Word for example.

Select and Copy Text and Graphics in Acrobat – Tutorial: A picture of a user copying selected text within a PDF in Acrobat XI Pro.

            When selecting images using Acrobat’s selection tool, you have two choices. With the Selection tool active, you can click an image to select the whole image. Acrobat will highlight the image to show it is selected, and you can copy and paste the image into another application just like you did with text. If you only want to select a portion of the image in your PDF instead, then click and drag across the image using the Selection tool to choose the portion of the image you want to copy. Then release the mouse button. To de-select a selection, click once into the blank, or empty, area in the PDF.

Select and Copy Text and Graphics in Acrobat: Instructions

1. To select and copy text and graphics in Acrobat, ensure the Selection tool within the Common Tools toolbar is selected.
2. To select text, hover the Selection tool over the text until the tool becomes an I-beam selector.
3. Click and drag to select the text to copy.
4. To copy selected text, select “Edit| Copy” from the Menu Bar.
5. To select an entire image, click the image to select the whole image.
6. To select a portion of an image, click and drag across the image using the Selection tool to choose the portion of the image you want to copy.
7. Release the mouse button.
8. To copy selected graphics, select “Edit| Copy” from the Menu Bar.
9. To de-select a selection, click once into the blank, or empty, area in the PDF.

Select and Copy Text and Graphics in Acrobat: Video Lesson

            The following video lesson, titled “Selecting and Copying Text and Graphics,” shows you how to select and copy text and graphics in Acrobat XI Pro. This video lesson is from our complete Acrobat XI Pro training, titled “Mastering Acrobat Made Easy V.XI Pro.”

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