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Acrobat Pro: How to selected highlighted text? - Greg the dogsitter - 09-25-2008
I have a pdf where I've highlighted some text, and I can't seem to then select that highlighted text in order to copy it. For what it's worth, my Googling seems to suck.
Suggestions, please!
Re: Acrobat Pro: How to selected highlighted text? - Mike V - 09-25-2008
The PDF might be protected to stop copying and content exporting.
If so there are a heap of applications that can remove the password.
Re: Acrobat Pro: How to selected highlighted text? - Greg the dogsitter - 09-25-2008
Thanks, Mike.
I can freely select and copy from anywhere in this document, except this parts to which I've applied highlighting.
Re: Acrobat Pro: How to selected highlighted text? - Mike V - 09-25-2008
Sorry,
I didn't mean to tell you the obvious.
You have stumped me then.
Re: Acrobat Pro: How to selected highlighted text? - Greg the dogsitter - 09-25-2008
Mike V wrote:
Sorry,
I didn't mean to tell you the obvious.
You have stumped me then.
I'm not one who turns down the obvious.
Many times, I've could've used more obvious. :-)
Re: Acrobat Pro: How to selected highlighted text? - laarree - 09-25-2008
Are you using the Touchup Text tool on the Advanced Editing toolbar? It enables you to select, copy and edit text in editable PDFs (although only one text line or block at a time). Its icon looks like this:
I tested a PDF with highlighting over here, and Touchup Text enables me to select, copy and paste highlighted text.
Re: Acrobat Pro: How to selected highlighted text? - Mike V - 09-25-2008
I tested too and I couldn't get it to not work.
Re: Acrobat Pro: How to selected highlighted text? - tuqqer - 09-25-2008
Greg, if it's not a confidential or private PDF, share it here and we'll see if we can get it to work.
That portion of the PDF could be an imbedded image.
Re: Acrobat Pro: How to selected highlighted text? - Seacrest - 09-26-2008
You didn't, by any chance, use the redaction feature on the text, did you?
Had to ask.