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unable to paste from clipboard into PDF document

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January 20, 2012
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Recently Adobe updated my Acrobat to 10.1.2.45. Now I'm unable to past images from clipboard into a pdf document. For example, using another windows program I might copy an image to the Windows clipboard, open up a pdf document, and click on the Edit menu expecting to be able to select Paste and paste the image from the windows clipboard onto a page in the PDF document. However, Paste is faded out in the Edit menu and is unselectable. I was doing this about 10 times a day and now that feature is unavailable to me. CTL-V also does not work.

Correct answer Roby Constant

Hello Sahatchai,

Thanks very much for your idea but it wasn’t what I was looking for.

Actually, I stumbled on the solution. The problem is that you cannot paste from the clipboard when you have the thumbnails side panel open. All I needed to do was close that side panel and the pasting worked.

By the way, I don’t see how to post this solution to the discussion for others to see. If you know how to do it, please do.

Thanks,

Bill

This is what worked for me. Thanks for this solution!

"Actually, I stumbled on the solution. The problem is that you cannot paste from the clipboard when you have the thumbnail side panel open. All I needed to do was close that side panel and the pasting worked."

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robert_3129

Participant

I am on a seven day trail for Adobe and I am glad that I did it that way. I am horrified as to how difficult it is to copy and paste. And also how difficult it is to get help. I will not continue this trial. It is back to Microsoft prducts for me.

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Community Manager

Hi @robert_3129,

Hope you are doing well. Sorry for the experience.

I tried different workflows on my end and was not able to reproduce the issue.

Would you mind letting me know the workflow you are trying to achieve so I can better assist you? A screen recording video of the workflow would be great.

Also, please ensure that you are on the latest version (2024.004.202xx) for the best experience.

-Souvik

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Paula-York

Participant

I had trouble pasting from snip, sometimes it works and sometimes is doesn't

I found that sometimes if you change from the pointer tool to the hand tool then it works.

It was very annoying!

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Alicia_CSM

Participating Frequently

Thank you for this tip, Paula. I will try it when I have that issue, as it comes up regularly.

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Alicia_CSM

Participating Frequently

I had to actually open the side pane for the paste to work....things have changed in 2024.

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richard as11937495

Participant

I cannot paste from Word to the header/footer field. The menu highlights paste, but nothing happens. This started a few months ago. Any suggestions?

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Geheim323802897rbc

Participant

Win Taste + V paste

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Luis22387215tsmm

Participant

I have the same problem using snipping tool. I figurate to do the paste with control V, but then the image covers all the area and do not let me resize it. Is a pain in the ...

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Alicia_CSM

Participating Frequently

Sometimes (sadly, not always) you simply need to reduce the size of your PDF (usually 50% works for me). When you can see your pasted object and the edges of the PDF you are pasting into, you may be able to resize the object you are pasting. HTH

JR Boulay

Community Expert

Hi,

this is a new Acrobat X feature…

Answer is here: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/pro/using/WS708B0FA8-BE6E-4e73-966B-48F4E3461AA8.w.html

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe

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Anonymous

Hi JR,

Thanks for the tip. It's not what I'm looking for but good to know if I need to insert an already existing image. However, I need to be able to paste from the windows clip board. I noticed that it is sometimes possible and other times it is not. I can't figure out why it isn't consistent.

Sincerely,

Bill

bridgettej88717004

Participant

This is definately an Adobe problem. We paid for the Adobe Pro features, those features should include adding an image, inserting files using drag and drop, and erasing text and images without a headache. That is literally what we paid for. It's not something we should have to do in word then convert to a .pdf then insert that converted .pdf into the .pdf we are working on. That's rediculous, and not the point of Adobe pro.

I think the real problem here is that these features all exist, but no one knows how to use them, because they don't have tutorials on them, and if you call Adobe tech support they have no idea how to help you.

So back to the main premise. Adobe should set up how to turn on the permissions to show thumbnails (as this automatically comes turned off) so you can drag and drop in documents. Then it should have an erase button similar to a highligher (as an alternative to redact), and furthermore it should only require copy paste to insert images. That's what we paid for.

We want to be able to insert a small image along-side text. We want to be able to add stamps to tick off items as we review them. We paid for a software to be functional, otherwise we can just use NitroPro or some other competitor to get what we want.

YOU ARE SOOOOOOOOO RIGHT YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE YO PAY FOR A VERY FRUSTRAING SYSTEM I AM SOOOOOOO OVER THIS ADOBE IS HORRIBLE

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