Join Anne-Marie Concepción for an in-depth discussion in this video Selecting and copying text and graphics, part of Acrobat X Essential Training.
A very common operation with PDFs in Acrobat is simply selecting text or…graphics or both out of a PDF, and then reusing that elsewhere, like in an e-mail…message or an article that you are writing in Word or something like that.…So how do you get text and graphics out of a PDF?…Well, it turns out there are a ton of ways to do that.…Well one of the most, simplest and direct ways is simply to select the text or…graphics, and copy to the clipboard, and then paste it.…One of the default tools in the toolbar is this little guy right here, the arrow…next to the I-bar, and it is the Selection tool for text and images.…
It's not two separate tools.…It's the same tool, because it's intelligent that way.…Let's use it to select text.…Here I have a PDF of a newsletter from the Chicago Creative Coalition, a…wonderful arts group in Chicago.…Let's zoom in a bit with the Ctrl+Plus a couple of times, and say that…we wanted to grab the first paragraph of text from here.…All I need to do is drag over the text with the Selection tool, so notice how…
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11/20/2010- Creating PDFs from web pages, Office files, and Creative Suite files
- Signing PDFs with a digital signature
- Creating interactive forms
- Annotating PDFs with comments
- Collaborating with others using PDF reviews
- Making scanned documents searchable with OCR
- Preparing documents for print with print production tools
- Automating routine tasks with Actions
- Securing PDFs with encryption and password-protection
- Removing sensitive content with the Redaction feature
- Sharing PDFs
- Using the new features in Reader X and Acrobat.com
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 29s
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1. Getting Started
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Working with the toolbars5m 59s
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Working with the panels3m 43s
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Rotating pages4m 48s
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Changing the viewing options6m 12s
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Reviewing preferences7m 6s
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Finding words and phrases2m 35s
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2. Creating PDFs
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3. Editing PDF Content
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Editing text8m 51s
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Adding text4m 40s
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Editing images and graphics3m 39s
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Digitally signing PDFs6m 26s
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Cropping pages and documents3m 34s
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4. Enhancing PDFs
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Adding watermarks6m 17s
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Adding page backgrounds5m 41s
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Adding page numbers5m 56s
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Adding bookmarks11m 30s
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Attaching files to a PDF7m 11s
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Adding metadata3m 45s
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5. Adding Rich Media and Interactivity
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Adding hyperlinks to URLs7m 33s
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Creating and adding buttons6m 28s
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Adding page transitions3m 24s
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6. Combining and Rearranging PDFs
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Extracting pages3m 53s
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Combining PDFs5m 7s
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7. Extracting and Converting Content
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Exporting text8m 33s
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Exporting images6m 33s
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8. Creating and Working with Portfolios
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Working with portfolios6m 57s
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Creating portfolios6m 26s
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Customizing portfolios7m 23s
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9. Getting Started with Forms
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Creating an interactive form6m 42s
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Working with form fields6m 41s
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Editing field properties5m 34s
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10. Working with Comments in PDFs
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11. Managing PDF Reviews
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Using the Review Tracker4m 32s
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12. Preflighting and Print Production
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Previewing color separations3m 51s
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Fixing hairlines3m 57s
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Converting colors2m 27s
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13. Scanning and Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
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14. Automating Routine Tasks
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Editing Actions4m 7s
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Creating new Actions4m 50s
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Sharing Actions with others2m 48s
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15. Protecting and Securing PDFs
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Choosing a security method5m 27s
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Password-protecting a PDF7m 27s
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Creating a digital id5m 43s
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16. Adobe Reader X and Acrobat.com
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Adding comments3m 14s
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Viewing extended features6m 53s
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Digitally signing a PDF6m 15s
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Sharing PDFs2m 29s
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Using Acrobat.com7m 24s
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Conclusion
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Final thoughts3m 54s
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