2009年4月21日星期二

How to copy text from pdf file?

There are two solutions to copy from pdf format.
Click the Text Select Tool button on the top menu bar and hold until a secondary toolbar pops up with 3 buttons. If you want to select a graphic, click the Graphic Select button. If you want to select a whole column, click the Column Select button. If you want to select text, you don't have to do anything, this is the defaukt setting. just click the Text Select button again.
Next, drag a selection marquee around area you wish to copy (It helps sometimes to Zoom In to enlarge the content). Notice that this area is now highlighted. Right click the Mouse and choose Copy from the Right Click Menu. The selected area will be copied onto the Clipboard.
If you have copied text with the Text select Tool, you can now Paste in into any document that you open with a text editor and the text will be editable. If you have copied an image with the Graphic Select Tool, you can Paste it into a image editor as a new image file.
Or you can also take use of the third part software. With the third part software, you can convert pdf file to some editable form such as ms word formats. Take Tweak PDF Converter for example, Tweak PDF Converter is competent to convert PDF file to ms word form with the original layout intact. Besides, Tweak PDF Converter is capable of extracting part content of pdf file such as plain text and images so forth. Tweak PDF Converter is just a drop in the bucket. You can google a lot of relevant tools, and Tweak PDF Converter is a good one.

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