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USING ACROBAT X STANDARD

Saving and exporting PDFs

Last updated 10/11/2011

Convert selected content to other formats

You convert selected content other formats by copying and pasting the content to a file. For example, you can select

content and save it as a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, comma separated values.

1 For scanned documents, choose Tools > Recognize Text > In This File. This command converts the scanned images

to text. The quality of your original scan affects how well you can copy and paste the text.

2 Click the Select tool .

3 Press Alt as you drag a rectangle over the rows and columns to copy.

To select tables that exceed one page, try changing the page display to Single Page Continuous before selecting the

tables. (View > Page Display > Enable Scrolling)

4 Right-click the selection, and choose Export Selection As and specify a file name.

5 Depending on the nature of the content, in the Save As Type, choose one of the following:

Word Document or Word 97-2003 Saves the content as a Word file.

Excel Workbook, XML Spreadsheet, or CSV Saves the content as a table.

Rich Text Format or HTML Saves the content as a RTF or HTML file.

To copy a table in RTF, drag the selected table into an open document in the target application.

Copy images

Use the Select tool to copy and paste individual images from a PDF to the clipboard, to another application, or to a file.

If you cannot select an image because of overlapping text, open the Preferences dialog box, and under Categories, select

General. Then select Make Select Tool Select Images Before Text.

1 Using the Select tool , do one of the following:

• To select the entire image, click it or drag a rectangle around it.

• To select a portion of an image, hold the pointer over the image until the cross hair icon appears, and then drag

a rectangle around the portion.

Note: To deselect an image and start over, click outside it.

2 Copy the image:

• Choose Edit > Copy, and then choose Edit > Paste to paste the image in an open document in another application.

• Right-click the image and choose an option to copy the image to the clipboard or to a new file.

• Drag the image into an open document in another application.