Is there a way to copy and paste a PDF files to Word,TXT or Spreadsheet documents as text or a workable format for excel ?

Somewhere I heard there is a downloadable software enabling to do this.



Thanks in advance.

labman

In Acrobat, go to the tool bar at the top, and click on the "T", it stands for text. Next, select what you want to post, maybe use ''Select all'' under edit.
Then copy the selected text, and paste in into wherever you want it.

I love Xpdf where I can copy individual columns if I want to.

walt17

If Labman's tip doesn't work make sure you have upgraded to the latest version: Adobe 6.0. I have tried that with earlier versions and it didn't work. Don't know why. But his suggestion does work with 6.0.

ScottGem

The purpose of a PDF file is to be the final product for distribution. PDF stands for Portable Document Format, meaning that it was designed to make documents portable across OSes and PCs.

PDF files can be protected against copying by the author. If the document is secured you won't be able to select text to copy.