Adobe ACROBAT READER 7.0 Manual page 190

Copying tables
You can copy text from a table in a PDF document into another application. You can also
use the Snapshot tool to copy an image of a table to the Clipboard or into an open
document in another application.
To copy text from a table:
1. Use the Select tool
2. Choose Edit > Copy.
3. Paste the text into an open document another application.
To copy a table as an image using the Snapshot tool:
1. Select the Snapshot tool
2. Drag a box around the rows and columns to be copied. Click OK. The selection is copied
automatically to the Clipboard.
3. Paste the selection into an open document in another application.
Note: The table is copied as a bitmap; it is no longer editable.
to select text in the table.
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