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ALT+ RIGHT CLICK ON MOUSE TO COPY COLUMNS DOES NOT WORK

burcu
Registered: Nov 24 2010
Posts: 2

I cannot use the ALT and Right click mouse to copy any selected column on PDF while i am working on several docs. The cursor with copying little window does not appear either.
pls advise,
cheers.

Burcu Isfendiyaroglu,
Arkas Shipping&Transport S.A.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 9.1, Windows
lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
If the cursor with a vertical bar with a box superimposed doesn't appear then your text isn't selectable. Perhaps the PDF is a scan or image. Try running Document > OCR Text Recognition to convert the image information to searchable (copy/paste) text.

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

burcu
Registered: Nov 24 2010
Posts: 2
Dear Lori,
I can copy paste the pdf documents but the problems is i cannot copy them as i select multiple columns or sentences while i press alt+left click mouse to select the area for copy paste. I can copy with left click mouse for single words, sentences or two sides blank columns ( I only work on pdf related to my job) but when i press alt nothing happens in order to select w/ vertical bar. I checked my mouse, my keyboard and acrobat reader with my administrator ( they connected to my pc and the alt+ right click had worked on the screen surprisingly) but i couldnt aftermath their hours of tries.
anyway, if there is any problems related to that maybe you can give advise.
cheers.

Burcu Isfendiyaroglu,
Arkas Shipping&Transport S.A.