Cant Select PDF File Text - QUICK FIX

If you ever open a PDF file and you cant select the text, there is an easy fix.  

First, you must have the PRO version of Adobe Acrobat DC because you have to be able to EDIT PDF.

When you open a PDF, your mouse cursor will look like a black arrow with a dot lined box in the lower right corner of it. This will be seen when NOT hovering over anything, so on a blank part f the document.  When you hover over anything in the document, the mouse changes to an I-Beam pointer, or also called an I-Cursor.  That icon represents when you can click on something creating text or to copy text.  Mine was not changing to that. 

I did not want to type all the text I was trying to copy.  I clicked EDIT PDF.  It then goes through the process (very quickly) of converting everything to recognizable text.  Once it finished, I closed out of the EDIT area back to where I was originally, ad my cursor changed and I was finally able to copy the text I needed.

I cant guarantee this will work for you also and I have no idea why it is doing this to begin with, but at least there's a possibility for a fix for you as well.  Try it and see, you have nothing to lose other than a min or two of your time :)

ENJOY!!

QUICK TIP for Wrong Screen Selections

I’m sure every person that owns a smart phone or any type of touch screen device has experienced touching something on your screen by accident and immediately realizing it was the incorrect selection. 

“Most” every single time, as long as you DON’T lift your finger from the screen, all you have to do is slide it to a portion of the screen where there’s nothing to click, and then lift your finger from the screen. 

This will make the original incorrect selection not happen. This is because, as I stated above, “most” clickable links work on the lift up of the finger versus the initial touch. I say most because I have run across very few that work on initial touch. That is so much more rare that this quick tip will help you 99% of the time. 

Good luck!!

Acrobat Reader Error Message When Trying To Re-Save Over A File

This is a quick one.

Ever opened a file, edited it, went to save over the same file to the updated one only to be told the following:

The file may be read-only, or another user may have it open. Please save the document
with a different name or in a different folder.

Well this is because you still have it selected/highlighted from when you originally opened it.

Simply click off that file and re-save again. 

VIOLA!!

Only bad part is it saves it with the new date and time so you cant see when you originally created it anymore.  UNLESS you are using restore points then you might see some in the properties area: right click file --> PROPERTIES --> PREVIOUS VERSIONS.

How to save/remove a page(s) out of a PDF file FREE

If you get PDF files on the regular, there may be times you need to pull out one or more of the pages as maybe you don't need all the rest.

You could take the long route and print all the pages, pull out the ones you need, trashing the others and wasting paper. Then scan the ones you need to create a new file.

You could get the PAID version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This may be the option to take if you need to do more manipulative tasks to your file such as adding in pictures or rearranging the pages or tracking signatures. There is a lot you can do with the paid version.

Who wants to pay though if all you need to do is take out a page or so from a PDF document? I can show you how to do it for FREE.

Quickly search without typing or leaving your current screen - Microsoft Edge & Bing Quick Search

The new Microsoft Edge has quickly become my favorite browser. It has some great features and one of the extensions offered is called Bing Quick Search. 

This allows you to highlight a word or phrase and search it without leaving the page you're on or even having to type anything.  You can even search images.