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/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-cut-and-or-paste-a-selected-area/td-p/10938225 Feb 20, 2020 Feb 20, 2020
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In Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, I use the cursor to drag out a box and it turns blue:
1) How do I "cut" the selection?
2) I can "copy" the selection (or "copy with formatting") but how do I paste it elsewhere on same doc?
Yes these are the most basic of all possible commands. No I am not 89 years old. Yes I am an idiot.
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11 Replies 11 Community Expert ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-cut-and-or-paste-a-selected-area/m-p/10938623#M241875 Feb 21, 2020 Feb 21, 2020
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You're not an idiot, you just don't understand (as many others) that Acrobat is NOT an editor in the same way that Word is, for example. PDF files were never meant to be edited in such an extensive way. You can try and do it using the Edit Text & Images tool, but you should expect a lot of issues in doing so. The real way of doing it is to go back to the original file format used to create the PDF file, edit it and then generate a new PDF file from it.
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Adobe Employee ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-cut-and-or-paste-a-selected-area/m-p/10938632#M241876 Feb 21, 2020 Feb 21, 2020
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Would you mind sharing the exact tool/method used to for text selection? Its quite simple to do in few simple steps-
1- The very important thing to keep in mind is, the document you are working on, does it allow copying the content?
2- Use select tool to select the content you want to copy.
3- Right click and copy
Here is a help article for an older version of Acrobat Reader https://helpx.adobe.com/in/reader/11/using/copy-content-pdfs.html but its steps implies on both Acrobat and Reader DC
Kindly check the workflow and see what was missed.
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/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-cut-and-or-paste-a-selected-area/m-p/14192639#M436555 Oct 28, 2023 Oct 28, 2023
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Once I have copied a selected area (using the arrowhead to select), then how do I paste it to another page of the document?
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/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-cut-and-or-paste-a-selected-area/m-p/12187169#M321507 Jul 19, 2021 Jul 19, 2021
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after you've selected and copied and the image is on your clipboard, then open the Edit PDF tool bar and click the Edit icon on the tool bar, then right click on the page and click Paste
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/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-cut-and-or-paste-a-selected-area/m-p/13700819#M406493 Apr 03, 2023 Apr 03, 2023
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Its absurd that it is not simple to copy and paste.
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/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-cut-and-or-paste-a-selected-area/m-p/13771006#M410627 May 04, 2023 May 04, 2023
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Apparently it cannot be done. I'm glad I only paid for one month to try this out. Acrobat is worthless.
I converted to PowerPoint and it wrecked my alignment. I finally just went back to the author and asked him to make the change. I just spent $15 and 45 mintues to learn Adobe sucks.
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/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-cut-and-or-paste-a-selected-area/m-p/14349403#M445860 Jan 11, 2024 Jan 11, 2024
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This is the correct answer. Adobe is trash.
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/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-cut-and-or-paste-a-selected-area/m-p/14428023#M451378 Feb 16, 2024 Feb 16, 2024
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It can be done as long as you have the paid version that includes the create PDF and edit PDF functions.
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/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-cut-and-or-paste-a-selected-area/m-p/14428021#M451377 Feb 16, 2024 Feb 16, 2024
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The correct answer is as follows. I am using Adobe Acrobat Standard though so hopefully that still helps.
1. Use the select tool to "copy" the selected area you're trying to select. Make sure you see it say, "copying to clipboard at the bottom".
2. Select "Create PDF" from either the right toolbar or under the "tools" section at the top.
3. Select BLANK PAGE. Then select, "Create"
4. Select "Edit PDF" from either the right toolbar or under the "tools" section at the top.
5. Right click where you want the copied area and hit paste or hit Ctrl+P
