Modifying Content in the Package - Adobe Acrobat and PDF for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction - page 91

x Scanned text that has not been captured is an image only, and cannot be selected (refer to OCR and
capture in Chapter 4.)
Selecting and Reusing Images
You can reuse individual images or portions of images from a document, again selecting the content with
the Select tool.
Follow these steps to select and repurpose an image in an existing document:
1. Click the Select tool on the Basic toolbar and move the cursor over the subject image on the
document. The Select tool changes to the pointer appearance.
2. Click to select the image under your cursor; the image is highlighted. To select part of an image,
drag a marquee with the Select tool instead of clicking the entire image to select it.
3. Release the mouse and the Select Image icon displays on top of the selected image (Figure 8.3).
4. Move the cursor over the icon to open the menu, which only allows copying to the Clipboard.
5. Click off the image to deselect it. Once the image or segment is copied to the Clipboard, you can
reuse it at will.
Figure 8.3 The Select tool changes to the Image Select option automatically
An image in a document can be saved as a separate file. Select the image (or drag a marquee to select
part of the image). Right-click to open the shortcut menu and choose Save Image As. In the resulting dialog
box, name the image file, choose an image format, and specify the save location.
Enabling Selection Preferences
You can automatically enable text selection for the Hand tool by modifying a program preference. Choose
Edit > Preferences > General and click Enable text selection for the Hand tool. When you hold the cursor
over text in a document, as described in the steps, it automatically converts to the Select tool.
You may have to modify a program preference to select an image with overlaying text. By default, the
General Preferences include a setting to select text before images. Choose Edit > Preferences > General
and check Select Images Before Text.
Reusing Table Information
It was difficult to deal with tables in PDF files prior to Acrobat 5, which includes a Select Table tool. In
Acrobat 6, to reuse a table you export the content as a rich text format (RTF) file, and then reassemble and