Copy and Paste Content From a PDF Document

Users can copy selected text or graphics from an open PDF document and paste it into another open application like WordPad or Word. using the Ctrl + V keyboard shortcut.

Important: Graphics and text from a PDF document must be copied separately.

To copy a graphic from a PDF document

1. Open an application like Word or WordPad to paste content from the PDF document open in the PDFViewerApp.

2. Select the graphic that you want to copy from the PDF document.

   Blue highlighting appears around the graphic to indicate that it is selected.

3. Select the Copy control from the PDFViewerApp.

4. Select the area within the open application to paste the graphic.

5. Press Ctrl + V to paste the graphic into the open application.

To copy text from a PDF document

6. Select the text to be copied by pressing the left mouse key and moving it over the portion of the page containing the text to be copied.

   The selected text appears with blue highlighting to indicate that it has been selected.

   

7. Select the Copy icon above the open page or using the copy keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + C).

   

8. Open the application that the copied text will be pasted to and use the Ctrl + V keyboard shortcut to paste the text.