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February 18, 2025
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Copy certain highlighted text from pdf onto word, all in one go, once I have read the full document

  • February 18, 2025
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Hi. I have a PDF document at present. I am going through the document and highlighting certain text which are important to me. What I'd like to do is have a way of copying all the highlighted words/text onto a Word Doc, simultaneously. Is there a way of doing this please? Only the highlighted text to be copied over to word. A quick way, if possible.

Correct answer Meenakshi Negi

Hi Kate29348096y86y,

 

Thank you for reaching out.

 

We appreciate sharing your suggestion. Please share the suggestion and feedback directly with the team via the following page: https://adobe.ly/3HOiqlL

 

Thanks,

Meenakshi

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Participant
June 10, 2025

I have the same expectation. It's 2025, I don't want an AI summary; I want Adobe AI to take all the areas I selected, and drop them in a new word or pdf doc, so I don't have to keep manually going copy/paste back and forth like a lunatic. 

Come on Adobe; Apply your tech skills to what we actually need.

Thanks!

Meenakshi Negi
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Meenakshi NegiCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
June 10, 2025

Hi Kate29348096y86y,

 

Thank you for reaching out.

 

We appreciate sharing your suggestion. Please share the suggestion and feedback directly with the team via the following page: https://adobe.ly/3HOiqlL

 

Thanks,

Meenakshi

try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 18, 2025

You can create a Comment Summary and then copy its contents to Word, but it will only work if you had the option to copy the highlighted text into the comments. If you didn't you can still do it retroactively, using a script, like this (paid-for) tool I've developed: https://www.try67.com/tool/acrobat-retroactively-copy-highlighted-text-into-comments

Also, the comments summary will contain a bunch of other info you might not be interested in (such as author name, comment type, page number, etc.). It's also possible to generate a comments summary without all of that, again using a script.