Select and copy text
1.		Select the Select Text tool , and do one of the following:
		ΓÇó Click to create an insertion point at the beginning of the text to be selected, and then drag to the end of the text to be selected.
		ΓÇó Click to create an insertion point at the beginning of the text to be selected, and then Shift-click to create an insertion point at the end of the text to be selected. The intervening text is selected.
		ΓÇó Double-click to select a word.
		ΓÇó Triple-click to select a line of text.
		ΓÇó Click four times to select all text in a page.
		ΓÇó To extend a selection, press Shift and move the arrow key in the direction of the required extension.
		ΓÇó Drag a selection rectangle over a block or column of text.
2.		Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS), and choose Copy to Clipboard.
To use the Hand tool to select text, select the Enable Text Selection for the Hand Tool option under General Preferences.
Note:  If the PDF document was created using a scanner, or if the text is part of an image, text may be recognized as an image rather than as characters that you can select.
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