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Copy text from PDF

With Nitro PDF Professional it's easy to copy blocks of text out of PDF documents and to reuse them in other applications like Word, Excel® and other text-based applications.

To copy text from a PDF document:

  1. Select the Select Text tool by either of the following:
    • Select the Select Text  toolbar button.
    • Choose Tools > Select Text.
  2. Highlight the text to copy and do one of the following:
    • Click Control + C.
    • Choose Edit > Copy.
    • Right-click and select Copy.
    • Paste the text into another application.

To copy all text from a PDF document:

  1. Set the page layout to Continuous by either of the following:
    • Choose View > Continuous.
    • In the Status Bar, select the continuous page display option.
  2. Select the Select Text tool by either of the following:
    • Select the Select Text  toolbar button.
    • Choose Tools > Select Text.
  3. Select all the text by either of the following:
    • Choose Edit > Select All.
    • Right-click and choose Select All.
    • Click Control + A.
  4. To copy, do one of the following:
    • Click Control + C.
    • Choose Edit > Copy.
    • Right-click and select Copy.
  5. Paste the text into another application.

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