You can
select text or image
copy and paste text or image
Select Text
Click the
Select Text tool to select a block of text. You may then copy the selected text.
Select Image
Click the
Select Area tool to select a page area to be copied as image.
Copy and Paste Text or Image
Select Copy from the Edit menu or from a shortcut menu to copy selected text or image.
Select Paste in an open document in another application (e.g. an Office application) to paste it.
Notes
The Cut, Copy and Paste commands may not be available if a PDF document is password protected against copying.
Copied text can also be pasted into comments.
The font will be substituted if text copied from a PDF document has fonts not available on the receiving computer.