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Jul 3, 2012 12:48 PM

How do I select pages from a pdf document and copy them to a computer file?

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  • Bernd Alheit
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    1. Bernd Alheit,
    Jul 3, 2012 1:19 PM   in reply to snufk1n
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    Not possible with Adobe Reader. In Adobe Acrobat you can extract pages.

     
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  • Claudio González
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    2. Claudio González,
    Jul 3, 2012 3:06 PM   in reply to snufk1n
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    Sorry, but I don't understand what do you mean by a computer file.

     
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  • snufk1n
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    3. snufk1n,
    Jul 3, 2012 10:13 PM   in reply to Claudio González
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    I was tying to copy pages from a PDF file to a text document (Microsoft Work Word Processor). No can do unless I use Adobe Acrobat, I was told. I was able to copy and paste one page at a time--but not by selecting a sequence of pages by page numbers.

    Guess it would help if I knew what Adobe Reader does and read directions!

    I'm going to have to learn the lingo even to ask question. Thanks.

     
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  • Pat Willener
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    4. Pat Willener,
    Jul 4, 2012 1:17 AM   in reply to snufk1n
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    There are a number of things you can do with Adobe Reader:

    • save the entire document as text (File | Save as | Text)
    • select one or multiple pages from the document; copy them, and paste them into a text or Word document.

     

    To select multiple pages, place the cursor at the beginning of the selection, then scroll down to where you want to end the selection; hold down the Shift key and click on your desired end-of-selection.

     

    Note that pasting PDF formatted text into a Word document may completely alter the layout.

     

    Also note that you cannot do any of the above if the PDF document is a scanned file (image).

     

    More info on Adobe Reader: http://helpx.adobe.com/reader.html

     
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