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Select and copy text and images
Nitro Pro 9 allows you to select and copy text and images in your PDF document, and also use it in other
applications.
To copy an entire page of text in a PDF document:
1. On the Home, Edit, Review, Forms, or Security tab, in the Tools group, click Select., and do one of
the following:
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Press Ctrl+A
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Right-click and choose Select All
2. With the text selected, do one of the following:
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Press Ctrl+C
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Right-click and select Copy
3. The text is copied to the Clipboard, and is ready to be pasted
To select text in a PDF document:
1. On the Home, Edit, Review, Forms, or Security tab, in the Tools group, click Select. The mouse
cursor becomes an I-beam.
2. You can use the Select tool to do the following:
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Click on text and drag the Select to select letters, words or paragraphs
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Outside the text, click and drag to draw a selection marquee over the text you wish to select.
The marquee also allows you to select vertical columns of text.
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Right-click anywhere on the page and choose Select All to select all the text in the
document.
3. Right-click on your selection and click Copy text, or press Ctrl+C on your keyboard.
4. You can now paste the text in Nitro Pro 9 or another application
NOTE: When you copy text into supported applications, for example Microsoft Word, text retains its
formatting characteristics. To change this default behavior, in the File menu, choose Preferences, click
General, and in the Basic tools section, select Copy text without formatting. Click OK to save this set-
ting.
To select and copy images in a document:
1. On the Home, Edit, Review, Forms, or Security tab, in the Tools group, click the Select arrow, and
choose Select Text/Graphic
2. Hover your mouse over an image, and observe that the mouse pointer changes into a cross-hairs.
Click on the image once to select it.
3. Right-click on the selected image, and select Copy Image, or press Ctrl+C
4. A dialog confirms that the image is copied to the clipboard. You can now paste the image in Nitro
Pro 9 or other application.
For more information, see Extract an image and Extract all images.
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