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Copy selected text
1 Use the Select tool to select any amount of text on the page.
Copy the text:
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Choose Edit > Copy to copy the selected text to another application.
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Hold the pointer over the selection until a menu appears, and then select Copy.
Copy images
You can copy and paste individual images from a PDF to the clipboard (Windows only), to another application, or
to a file using the Select tool.
If you cannot select an image because of overlapping text, choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Reader > Prefer-
ences (Mac OS), select General on the left, and select the Make Select Tool Select Images Before Text option.
Using the Select tool
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To select the entire image, click it or drag a rectangle around it.
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To select a portion of an image, hold the pointer over the image until the crosshairs icon
drag a rectangle around the portion.
Note: To deselect an image and start over, click outside it.
Copy the image:
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Choose Edit > Copy, and then choose Edit > Paste to paste the image in an open document in another application.
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Right/Control-click the image and choose an option to copy the image to the clipboard or to a new file.
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Drag the image into an open document in another application.
Take a snapshot of a page
You can use the Snapshot tool to copy all selected content (text, images, or both) to the clipboard or to another appli-
cation. Text and images are copied as an image.
Select the Snapshot Tool
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Click anywhere in the page to capture the entire content displayed on the screen.
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Drag a rectangle around the text or images, or a combination of both.
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Drag a rectangle within an image to copy just a portion of the image.
Colors in the selected area are inverted momentarily to highlight the selection. The selection is copied automatically
to the clipboard when you release the mouse button. If a document is open in another application, you can choose
Edit > Paste to paste the copied selection directly into the target document.
, do one of the following:
by choosing Tools > Select & Zoom.
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