How to copy highlighted text from Acrobat?

[scott_thomas]

Hello, I am using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC and I have highlighted a ton of things in my document.

I have highlighted 221 pieces of text, and I was wondering how to copy just the text I have highlighted so I can paste it in a Word document.

I have tried many methods, but they have all failed. Help please?

Also, I hope this is the correct community.

[try67]

Did you enable the option to copy the selected text into the highlight before adding them?

[scott_thomas]

Yes

Thanks for replying

[try67]

Then you can use the Comments Summary command, either from the Print dialog or via the Options button under the Comments List panel.

[scott_thomas]

I tried this, but I only get pages upon pages of this type of thing:

"Author: Thomas      Subject: Highlight     Date: 11/21/2018 10:03:31 AM"

[try67]

Then that option is probably not enabled after all... Do you see the text in the Comments List panel?

[scott_thomas]

Nope 😕

But here is my Preferences:

[try67]

Maybe you changed it after you created the comments? It doesn't work retroactively...

At this point what you can do is use a script to retroactively copy the text back into the comments (like this paid-for one I've developed: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- Retroactively Copy Highlighted Text into Comments ), or delete all the comments and re-recreate them, this one with the texts in them.