Select Text

Select Text allows you to select chunks of text in a PDF. You can select continuous text, only text within a specific area, or all the text on a page. It works on text in the content layer of a PDF. There are several actions that can be performed on selected text, including:

ClosedSelecting Text

There are several ways to select text content in a PDF.

ClosedTo select continuous text
  1. Go to Edit > Select > Select Text or press SHIFT+T.
  2. Click and drag over the desired text. All text between the start and end points is selected.

ClosedTo select text in a specific area
  1. Go to Edit > Select > Select Text or press SHIFT+T.
  2. While holding down CTRL, click and drag over the desired text. Only text in the described area is selected.

ClosedTo select all text on a page
  1. Open the PDF to the desired page. This feature automatically works on the page that is currently active.
  2. Go to Edit > Select > Select All Text or press CTRL+SHIFT+A. All text content on the page is selected.

Once the desired text has been selected, right-click it to see a menu of actions that can be performed on it.

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