COPYING AND PASTING PDF TEXT
To
copy text from a PDF, use the
"Select Tool" (see image below)
to highlight, copy and paste the
text. Use the copy and paste
commands by either right
clicking and selecting 'Copy to
Clipboard' (from Adobe Acrobat
Reader), or use the Control + C
(copy), Control + V (paste) key
commands to copy/paste the
selected text into another
application. This tool may be
found under the 'Basic' toolbar
in Acrobat. Only text may be
selected with this tool. Images
do not apply. Copying images may
be done only with the Adobe
Acrobat software using the
advanced editing tools.
FILLABLE PDFs
Some of the PDFs provided on our
site are screen-fillable or 'PDF
Fillable' indicated by the icon:
.
PDF Fillables are similar to
plain PDFs, except they may be
filled-in on the screen in the
designated fillable fields
before printing or saving.
Screen-Fillable Adobe Acrobat
PDFs use only Adobe Reader 5.0
and above.
For saving the information added
to the fillable fields, see "Troubleshooting
PDFs" below.
TROUBLESHOOTING PDFs
If
there is a problem opening a PDF
file through the internet
browser, please try RIGHT
clicking on the PDF icon and
select "Save target as" from the
resulting menu. Save the form
file to a harddrive or a local
network drive, then open the
file in a PDF reader program.
Using this method also avoids
opening the file through an
internet browser.
PDF Fillables opened in Adobe
Acrobat will not save the
information typed into the
fillable fields. In order to be
able to save and print the
information you added to a PDF
Fillable, use this method above
before filling in the
fields.
