On the Adobe documents that I've tried (using Reader 4.0) CTRL-A selects
the current page on most docs and the entire document on a few.  As has
been suggested, it must have to do with the protection selected when the
document was encoded.  CTRL-SHIFT-A doesn't do anything (that I can see)
on any documents.
 - Nick -

Randy Glenn wrote:
>
> 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?
> >>         > >