5.3 for Windows

FOXIT READER 5.3
User Manual
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Chapter 4 – Working on PDFs
With Foxit Reader, you can copy text and images to other applications, and view
PDF contents in a text mode. To learn more about this, please read the following
explanations.
Copying Text
The Select Text tool lets you select horizontal and vertical text or columns of
text in a PDF. To copy text, click Select Text Tool on Toolbar or choose
Tool > Select Text on Menu Bar and do the following:
Selecting text
Select a line of text: Move the cursor toward a line of text you want to
select.
Select a column of text: Put the cursor between the lines, move toward a
column of text and draw a rectangle over it.
Select a word: Double-click the word you want to select.
Select multiple paragraphs through pages: Click at the start of the selection,
scroll to the end of the selection without releasing your mouse.
Select all the text: Press Ctrl + A, or select some text, right-click it and then
choose Select All.
Deselect all the text: Right-click the selected text, and choose Deselect All.
Copying text
Once you have selected the text, do one of the following:
Right-click the selected text > choose Copy To Clipboard.
Press shortcut key Ctrl + C.
Pasting text
To paste the selected text on Clipboard to another applicat ion, please follow the
paste command of the specific application.