Selecting Text - Double clicking a word and dragging

Question

I wonder when Adobe will update Acrobat so you can select text like every other program out there... By this I mean double clicking a word, and holding down on the second click, and then dragging which will highlight word-by-word. This is a universal way of selecting text, but Adobe doesn't have it for Acrobat. Odd.

AkanchhaS8194121 · Answer

Hey there!

If I understand your requirement correctly, then I guess what you are referring is a already a default behavior of Acrobat. Selecting one word by double clicking will highlighting the word, and then dragging it across the page will select the rest of the words until you wont leave it. That's how it works in other documents, so as with Acrobat.

Is it doing a different task for you? While selecting any text, make sure you have chosen "Select Tool" from the menu bar at the top.

Let us know if it still doesn't work.

Thanks,

Akanchha

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