Right-click the document, and choose Select Tool from the pop-up menu. Drag to select text, or click to select an image. Right-click the selected item, and choose Copy.
The only text that Reader can edit is text that is in a form field, or text that was added to the file as a comment. Also, make sure that you have a PDF document with editable text and not a scanned PDF. You can only select and copy text when your PDF file actually contains text.
You can use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader program to copy the image if the PDF was created from a text document on a computer; if the PDF was scanned into the computer from a physical document or it has copy protection, however, you'll only be able to take a screenshot of the image.
To save an image from a PDF, simply open the document and click on the image you want to extract. Once highlighted, right-click on the image and select Copy. Then, open your favorite document or image processor, and paste the copied image into it.
Right-click on the selected text and choose "Copy." Then, navigate to the document or location where you want to paste the text and right-click again, selecting "Paste." Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste.
Type <Ctrl> c. Click the Copy icon on Adobe Reader's (Edit) toolbar. (If this icon is not present, right-click on the Adobe Reader toolbar and choose More Tools from the drop down menu. Check Copy from the Edit Toolbar options.)
Choose the text or other content you want to copy, then right-click on the highlighted part to choose the Copy option. Or you can press "Ctrl + C" on your keyboard to copy the items. Step 4. After copying the PDF text, you can open Microsoft Word and press "Ctrl + V" on your keyboard to paste the copied text.
Open the PDF in Adobe Reader DC, use the Select tool on the menu bar to choose an image or text, then select Edit > Copy. Paste images into another document or image-editing program. Paste text into a plain-text editor or a Word document to edit it.
PC: Ctrl + c for Copy, Ctrl + x for Cut, and Ctrl + v for Paste.
To insert the PDF into a word document you simply need to open Word select insert object, in the Object windows select the create from file tab and browse to the file you want to insert, select it now you need to tick on one of check boxes below depending on how you want the file to appear, if you want it to appear as ...
Choose Edit > Copy to copy the selected text to another application. Right-click on the selected text, and then select Copy. Right-click on the selected text, and then choose Copy With Formatting. You can paste the copied text into comments, bookmarks, and documents authored in other applications.
Note: You can also use keyboard shortcuts to copy (Ctrl + C) and paste (Ctrl +V) content.
Open PDF Image with Adobe Acrobat. Go to Tools > Enhance Scans. Go to Recognize Text > In This File and select file language to start Adobe OCR on the PDF image. Now you can extract text or copy text from the PDF image file in Acrobat.
Copying text in Adobe Reader X or later
Select the text you want to copy by holding down the left mouse button and dragging across the text. Press and hold Ctrl and C on your keyboard. You can also right-click with your mouse and select Copy in the drop-down menu.