I'm using Acrobat Reader 4.05b and can select text or graphics. I think there was a change between Acrobat 3 and 4 which makes it harder to work out.
On the Acrobat toolbar, the just to the right of the zoom icon and left of the left arrow (first page) icon is the select icon. It normally shows a 'T' to indicate text selection. Click and hold the cursor on it to change the selection to column or graphics selection tool. After choosing the correct mode use the mouse to select on the page. Regards, Robert Muir -----Original Message----- From: ron_well...@agilent.com [mailto:ron_well...@agilent.com] Sent: Tuesday, 18 July 2000 13:42 To: barry...@altavista.com; emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: PDF file copy method Barry, You need to get a full copy of Adobe Acrobat, not the Reader. Depending on whether the original PDF document is password protected, you should be able to a do page capture and make the text selectable. Then you can copy it into the word processor of choice. Regards, +=================================================================+ |Ronald R. Wellman |Voice : 408-345-8229 | |Agilent Technologies |FAX : 408-345-8630 | |5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., |E-Mail: ron_well...@agilent.com| |Mailstop 54L-SQ |WWW : http://www.agilent.com | |Santa Clara, California 95052 USA| | +=================================================================+ | "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age | | eighteen." - Albert Einstein | +=================================================================+ -----Original Message----- From: Barry Ma [mailto:barry...@altavista.com] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 2:00 PM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: PDF file copy method Hi, When reading an EMC article in PDF file, I sometimes want to copy a couple of sentences or paragraph to my MS WORD document. Most of times I failed. But a few times I could do it. I don't know why. Do you have the same experience? _______________________________________________________________________ $1 million in prizes! 20 daily instant winners. AltaVista Rewards: Click here to win! http://shopping.altavista.com/e.sdc?e=3 _______________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org
