Creating PDF, Need to copy form and text entries to clipboard

Question

So I am creating a PDF from a docx Acrobat already detected all the fields, but what i need to do is be able to copy the form and the entered text to the clipboard. However I am limited on knowledge. If someone could help me out, that would be great. So for an example:

the form has Question 1:

What is your name?

Then the user answers in the text field:

John Doe

the form and text box format would be

What is your name? John Doe

I need to be able to copy Both the form question and the text box answer - inline to the clipboard in order to paste it in another program---say word for instance.

try67 · Answer

That's not possible to do in a single operation, since the values of the form fields and the static text exist on different "layers" of the PDF file. What you can do, though, is flatten the file first, which will convert the form fields to static text. Then you will be able to select everything at once and copy it. At that point you can simply close the file without saving it and it will be back to its original state.

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