I think that Control-Shift-A will select the entire document.

-Randy
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-----Original Message-----
From: ntaylor@iname.com [mailto:ntaylor@iname.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 3:29 AM
To: piclist@mitvma.mit.edu
Subject: Re: Can your's help me to copy a .PDF file to a TEXT file? <WOT>


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?
>>         > >