CTRL-A only selects all of the current page ... is there a way to
select the entire adobe document?

 - Nick -

Gennette Bruce wrote:
>
> This is fairly basic Windoze stuff.
>
> You need to learn more about OLE (see later paragraph here)
>
> Ok,  get the document showing in Adobe.
> Select ALL of the document by pressing the special key combination <Ctrl><A>
> Start Word (or whatever you use, even Wordpad)
> Paste the selected text into Word by pressing the special key combination
> <Ctrl><V>
> Save your text file
> Close Adobe and Word
>
> About OLE
> Micro$oft designed their system specially to do this kind of thing.  And
> they provided at least 3 ways to accomplish each task, for instance copying
> -
>
> The dumb way -
> Use the mouse to select a block of text (etc)
> Use the mouse to select the edit menu
> Use the mouse to select the command Copy
>
> The slightly smarter way -
> Use the mouse to select a block of text (etc)
> Use the mouse to select the Copy to Clipboard button
>
> The smarter way -
> Use the mouse to select a block of text (etc)
> Press the special key combination <Ctrl><C>
>
> Why is the smarter way best?  Well a mouse selection with the right hand
> followed immediately by a quick touch of two keys (together) with the left
> hand is almost instantaneous compared to -
> moving the mouse a long way across the screen,
> slowing,
> then stopping over a smallish target,
> then clicking a mouse button,
> then returning the mouse to the area you were working in.
>
> So learn the smart ways that are built into Windoze products.  (Hint, start
> Word, click on Help, Contents and Index, Index.  Type in sel, then click on
> Selecting text and graphics.  Look at the 4 pages - better yet; copy the 4
> pages to a document and print them out as a reference)
>
> Bye.
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   Wing Kent Kwan [SMTP:gzkwan@PUBLIC.GUANGZHOU.GD.CN]
> <mailto:[SMTP:gzkwan@PUBLIC.GUANGZHOU.GD.CN]>
>         Sent:   Monday, 23 November 1998 1:03
>         To:     PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>         Subject:        Re: Can your's help me to copy a .PDF file to a TEXT
> file?
>
>         Hi.
>          Thank you!
>           But It's only can copy page by page,If I have more than 1000
> pages,
>         it's very hard to do!,can you tell me how can I change the entire
> PDF
>         file
>         to a text file????
>
>         Edson Brusque wrote:
>
>         > Hello kwan,
>         >
>         > In Adobe's Acrobat Reader 4.XX, just select the text you wants
> (you
>         > will
>         > have to click on the Text Select Tool Icon or press [V]) with the
>         > mouse,
>         > than press Ctrl-C to copy to the clipboard.
>         >
>         > Regards,
>         >
>         > Brusque
>         >
>         > ----- Original Message -----
>         > From: Wing Kent Kwan <gzkwan@PUBLIC.GUANGZHOU.GD.CN
> <mailto:gzkwan@PUBLIC.GUANGZHOU.GD.CN> >
>         > To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> >
>         > Sent: Sunday, November 22, 1998 8:19 AM
>         > Subject: Can your's help me to copy a .PDF file to a TEXT file?
>         >
>         > > Hi.
>         > >   Can your's help me to copy a .PDF file to a TEXT file?
>         > >