Copy certain text with Buttons and Paste in Word document

[Nikolaos.]

Adobe Acrobat Pro 2020.

How can I add a button in a PDF file that will copy certain text (or textfield if text not possible) and paste it into a Word or other PDF document using Ctrl+V or the mouse button?

Is this even possible?

I tried it with the AI and shows me different javascrips, but they do not work in a button, or the text is not inserted into word afterwards with Ctrl+V.

Any suggestion for a solution is welcome.

[Meenakshi Negi]

Hi Nikolaos.,

Thank you for reaching out. 

As I understand, you are trying to create a button in the PDF that can copy particular text or textfields from the same PDF to clipboard. There is no option by default in Acrobat for that. However, you may check if it is possible with any script. 

For more information on creating buttons in PDF, refer to the following help document: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/setting-action-buttons-pdf-forms.html. 

Thanks,

Meenakshi

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[try67]

A script can't do it, either.

[Thom Parker]

This could be done the other way around. Use a script in Word to open a PDF and copy data from it.