Select all text within a pdf

If you have trouble opening a PDF, or if you are restricted from using certain features, contact the author of the PDF. Open the PDF document in Reader. Right-click the document, and choose Document Properties. Click the Security tab, and review the Document Restrictions Summary. Right-click the document, and choose Select Tool from the pop-up menu.

Drag to select text, or click to select an image. But did you program Acrobat Pro X? In which case, please include the problematic code in your question. Are you using another programming language for this "Select All"?

Unfortunatelly - I can't. After further investigation I realised that there's an error message which appears when I want to select one of those areas.

The other thing is that when I want to export it to e. Word document those parts which can not be selected are misisng as well. Show 2 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.

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I'll preface by saying that I am not a graphic designer, so this question might be staggeringly obvious I can only "Select All" of the text on a single page, which means that I would have to repeat this process for each page thousands of times to convert the entire document.

I understand that Acrobat is not a word processor, but I have to imagine that there is a better way to do this. As far as I can find, the native "Actions" macros in Acrobat don't have this functionality, and Mac Automator struggles with the task. I am working on OS X It may be a simple matter of you wanting to do something and the feature is in it's infancy.

Adobe often implements new features in phases. Optional Click the arrow next to the text box and choose one or more of the following:. Also searches the text in the Bookmarks panel. Also searches the text of any comments. Click Next. Acrobat jumps to the first instance of the search term, which appears highlighted. Find text in multiple PDFs. Open Acrobat on your desktop not in a web browser. Do one of the following.

In the Search window, type the search text. From the pop-up menu directly below this option, choose Browse For Location. Select the location, either on your computer or on a network, and click OK. To specify additional search criteria, click Show Advanced Options, and specify the options. Click Search. Review and save PDF search results. Review search results. Jump to a specific instance in the search results single PDFs only.

If necessary, expand the search results. Then select an instance in the results to view it in the PDF. To view other instances, click another instance in the results. Sort instances in the search results. Select an option from the Sort By menu near the bottom of the Search window.

Icons shown with search results. Opens the Bookmarks panel and highlights the instances of the search terms. Opens the Comments panel and highlights the instances of the search terms. Layer icon. Save search results. Advanced Search Options.

Look In. Enter the text or phrase to search for. Restricts your search results according to the option you choose:. Includes the basic search options plus five additional options:. Searches the text of any bookmarks, as viewed in the Bookmarks panel. Searches the text of any comments added to the PDF, as viewed in the Comments panel. Check box. Boolean operators. Commonly used Boolean operators include the following: AND Use between two words to find documents that contain both terms, in any order.

NOT Use before a search term to exclude any documents that contain that term. OR Use to search for all instances of either term. Search index files of cataloged PDFs. Type the search text, and then click Show More Options , near the bottom of the Search window. For Look In, choose Select Index. Select an index from the list, or click Add and add an index.

Repeat as needed. Proceed with your search as usual. Search features preferences. Shows the additional options available in the Search window, in addition to the basic options. Sign in to your account. Sign in. Quick links View all your apps Manage your plans.