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Oneresiarch
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February 17, 2023
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Remove copied text from highlights without deleting the highlights

  • February 17, 2023
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Copied selected text from highlights is an excellent feature of Adobe Acrobat. And yet, it creates duplicated texts when extracting this type of highlights using other applications. I wonder if there is an automated way to delete the copied text from all highlights (that is, deleting the text that appears in the comment section when the "copied selected text" feature is activated) without removing the actual highlights. I also wonder if someone has developed a JaveScript to do this. Any help would be most appreciated. 

 

 

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    Correct answer try67

    You can do it using this code:

     

    this.syncAnnotScan();
var annots = this.getAnnots();
if (annots!=null) {
	for (var i in annots) {
		annots[i].contents = "";
	}
}

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    JR Boulay
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    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 17, 2023

    The simplest would be perhaps not to create these texts:

     

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    try67
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    try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    February 17, 2023

    You can do it using this code:

     

    this.syncAnnotScan();
var annots = this.getAnnots();
if (annots!=null) {
	for (var i in annots) {
		annots[i].contents = "";
	}
}
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      OneresiarchAuthor
      Participant
      February 17, 2023

      Many thanks, @try67! This is the exact piece of code I was looking for. I very much appreciate your help with this.

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