Adobe ACROBAT 9 HOW-TOS Manual page 158

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Hold the pointer over the selected text for a couple of seconds until
the Select Text icon displays
the menu listing options you can choose depending on the content
selected, also shown in Figure 56.
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As with other select tools, if you hover the pointer over the table, the
Select Text icon displays. Right-click (Control-click) to open the short-
cut menu. The table-specific options, shown in Figure 56, include the
following:
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Copy As Table. As its name indicates, this option allows you to copy
the table to the clipboard. Open the document you want to paste
the table into, and choose Edit > Paste.
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Save As Table. Name the table in the Save As dialog that appears
when this option is selected, and choose a format.
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Open Table in Spreadsheet. When selected, your spreadsheet
application, such as Excel, opens and displays the imported table
in a new worksheet.
In both Word and Excel, the tables taken from the PDF document are
editable and ready to use.
. Right-click (Control-click) to display
#56: Selecting and Editing Text in a PDF
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Tag It
If your document is tagged
and you merely want to
copy and paste a table, don't
spend time selecting tools,
selecting text, and selecting
commands. Instead, open
the Tags panel and click the
table's tag. Choose Options >
Copy Contents to Clipboard.
Then open the document
in which you want to use
the table and paste it in. The
table is pasted and includes
its data as well as formatting
such as borders, fonts, and
so on. How cool.
Adding More
and More
The more you click, the more
you select:
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Double-click a word to
select it.
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Triple-click to select a
line of text.
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Quadruple-click to select
all the text on a page.
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Press Shift and the Left or
Right Arrow key to add
text one letter at a time.
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Press Shift+Ctrl
(Shift+Command) and the
Right Arrow key to add
text one word at a time.
From the Library of Daniel Dadian