Re: Breaking up PDF files

Bella:

Easiest way I know of to copy from a PDF file is to simply open the file in
Acrobat Reader and Copy and Paste.

Select the text by choosing the little (OCR), [abc], icon and then do the
usual Click at the start and hold down the Shift Key. While holding the
Shift key, scroll down and click the end. This will select a range of text.
Then Control-C will copy it. (Also, there is a "Copy" option on the Edit
menu.)

As I recall--to copy a graphic to the clipboard--you draw a square around it
to select it. (Then Copy and Paste) Sorry--I don't seem to have a PDF
containing graphics handy to experiment with.

(There is a "Select Graphic" option on the Tools menu. Click on this before
drawing the box around the graphic you want to select.)

Below is a Copy and Paste from the Acrobat Help Menu:

>>>>>QUOTE<<<<<<
Copying and pasting text and graphics
to another application

You can select text or a graphic in a PDF document,
copy it to the Clipboard, and paste it into a
document in another application such as a word
processor. You can also paste text into a PDF
document note or into a bookmark.
Once the selected text or graphic is on the
Clipboard, you can switch to another application
and paste it into another document.
Note: If a font copied from a PDF document is
not available on the system displaying the copied
text, the font cannot be preserved. Helvetica is
substituted.
>>>>>>UNQUOTE<<<<<<<<<<

Hope this helps

Best wishes
Ted Temer
Temercraft Designs Redding, CA
temer(at)c-zone.net
www.temercraft.com/novels/
www.newsredding.com/
www.ramac-rc.org/


> Hello very helpful & knowledgeable people!
>
> I have the need to separate the photos and the copy from within PDF files.
I
> don't think there is a way to accomplish this, but if there is i sure
could
> use the advice. Otherwise it means contacting many vendors & lots of time
to
> get the items.
>
> The PDFs contain photos and copy. If I could at least extract the photos
to
> save them as jpegs/gifs......
>
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> Bella Breisach
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